Engineering at Meta
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Engineering at Meta is a technical news resource for engineers interested in how we solve large-scale technical challenges at Meta.
Joined August 2009
We’ve released Ax 1.0: an open-source platform for adaptive experimentation at scale. Ax uses ML to automate complex, resource-intensive experiments, enabling efficient optimization for AI, infrastructure, and hardware. Learn more about Ax’s architecture, methodology, and
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We’ve released Ax 1.0, an open-source platform that uses machine learning to automatically guide complex, resource-intensive experimentation. Ax is used at scale across Meta to improve AI models, t…
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Project Waterworth is redefining the scale and complexity of subsea infrastructure, connecting five continents with over 50,000 km of high-capacity cable. From mapping shipwrecks to trenching through volcanic zones, Project Waterworth is an engineering milestone. Meta subsea
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Meta has largely kept details about Project Waterworth under wraps, but subsea cable engineer Andy Palmer-Felgate gives us sneak peek at how it will pull off this 'incredible feat.'
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Instagram for iOS now supports Dolby Vision and ambient viewing environment (amve) metadata, enhancing HDR video playback. Learn how we enabled end-to-end Dolby Vision support and improved video fidelity for iPhone users. 👇 https://t.co/FQyTV2Fqma
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We’re sharing how we’ve enabled Dolby Vision and ambient viewing environment (amve) on the Instagram iOS app to enhance the video viewing experience. HDR videos created on iPhones contain unique Do…
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StyleX is Meta’s open-source styling system for large-scale apps, combining CSS-in-JS ergonomics with static CSS performance. Now standard across Meta and adopted by Figma, Snowflake, and more. Learn how StyleX compiles expressive, type-safe styles to atomic CSS:
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StyleX is Meta’s styling system for large-scale applications. It combines the ergonomics of CSS-in-JS with the performance of static CSS, generating collision-free atomic CSS while allowing for exp…
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We’re advancing the security of Messenger with the launch of key transparency verification for end-to-end encrypted chats. Key transparency provides users with a verifiable and auditable record of public keys, ensuring that only intended recipients can access messages, and that
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We’re excited to share another advancement in the security of your conversations on Messenger: the launch of key transparency verification for end-to-end encrypted chats. This new feature en…
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Today marks a major milestone: the completion of the core 2Africa subsea cable system, the world’s longest open-access subsea cable at 45,000 km. Connecting 3B+ people, it’s expected to add $36.9B to Africa’s GDP and accelerate digital transformation across 33+ countries. Learn
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Connecting Africa and the World We’re excited to share the completion of the core 2Africa infrastructure, the world’s longest open access subsea cable system. 2Africa is a landmark subsea cab…
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We’re excited to share details on Meta’s Generative Ads Recommendation Model (GEM), a new foundational model built with LLM-scale techniques that’s already helping create more value for businesses, like +5% increase in ad conversions on Instagram. Dive deep into the technology
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We’re sharing details about Meta’s Generative Ads Recommendation Model (GEM), a new foundation model that delivers increased ad performance and advertiser ROI by enhancing other ads recommendation …
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Meta engineering directors Abhishek Gulati and Johanna Bergeron recently joined leaders from @Microsoft and @LinkedIn to discuss how each organization is leveraging cutting-edge technology and automation to drive product innovation. Watch their talk at #Scale2025 here:
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Scaling AI means scaling privacy. Our Privacy Aware Infrastructure (PAI) embeds real-time data lineage and automated privacy controls, enabling GenAI products like our AI glasses to innovate fast while protecting user trust. Explore PAI and how we’re scaling privacy for the
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How does Meta empower its product teams to harness GenAI’s power responsibly? In this post, we delve into how Meta addresses the challenges of safeguarding data in the GenAI era by scaling its Priv…
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At this week’s Open Compute Project Summit, we shared our AI hardware innovations and proposed a new framework for sustainable hardware design to support open infrastructure. https://t.co/EyNcJkYpC4
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This week, we shared our open hardware innovations and proposed a new framework for sustainable hardware design to support open infrastructure.
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IT hardware plays a critical role in the environmental impact of global data center infrastructure. To help accelerate change across the industry, we’re sharing Design for Sustainability, a set of technical design principles to lower emissions and cost in IT hardware through
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We’re presenting Design for Sustainability, a set of technical design principles for new designs of IT hardware to reduce emissions and cost through reuse, extending useful life, and optimizing de…
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Today we’re announcing our next state-of-the-art data center in El Paso, Texas, that will have the ability to scale to 1GW. This new data center will help us to deliver top-tier AI models and product experiences as we build toward superintelligence. Learn more:
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How do you estimate the carbon footprint of hundreds of millions of server components? At Meta, we’ve built an AI-driven methodology to tackle Scope 3 emissions with greater accuracy and scale. Learn more about the methodology we presented at #OCPSummit25 – including LLMs to
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As we focus on our goal of achieving net zero emissions in 2030, we also aim to create a common taxonomy for the entire industry to measure carbon emissions. We’re sharing details on a new methodol…
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At #OCPSummit25, AMD showcased "Helios," our most advanced open AI rack, built on @Meta's new Open Rack Wide spec submission to the Open Compute Project. Read more about it here: https://t.co/VoJoDdqmHx.
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AI is reshaping how we build and scale infrastructure. But this future can’t be built in silos. Meta joined the OCP and industry leaders in signing an open letter calling for collaboration on shared infrastructure standards for AI data centers. Read it here:
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Today at #OCPSummit25, we shared the next chapter of our journey to build open, scalable network fabrics for AI infrastructure. From evolving DSF & NSF to launching ESUN, we’re advancing open standards that make massive AI clusters more flexible, efficient & future-ready. Learn
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At Open Compute Project Summit (OCP) 2025, we’re sharing details about the direction of next-generation network fabrics for our AI training clusters. We’ve expanded our network hardware portfolio a…
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Over 10 years ago, we open-sourced React. And now, we’re excited to announce the next chapter: React & React Native are transitioning to the React Foundation under the Linux Foundation. Meta is committing $3M+ and a 5-year partnership to support this next chapter of innovation.
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Meta open-sourced React over a decade ago to help developers build better user experiences. Since then, React has grown into one of the world’s most popular open source projects, powering over 50 m…
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🚀 Introducing OpenZL, a new #opensource, format-aware compression framework! It uses a unique “graph model” for compression, enabling modular, high-performance codecs and a universal decoder - perfect for structured data at scale Link: https://t.co/XynPVXXw3I
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OpenZL is a new open source data compression framework that offers lossless compression for structured data. OpenZL is designed to offer the performance of a format-specific compressor with the eas…
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A stronger internet is on the horizon for APAC. Today we’re announcing our new subsea cable, named Candle, that links six countries with massive capacity to meet growing needs. Together with Bifrost, Echo, and Apricot subsea cables, Candle will enhance global network diversity
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Video makes up 70–80% of all mobile data traffic. Our new white paper with Vodafone and Google shows how the AV1 codec can reduce compression size by 30%, bring premium-quality streaming to mid-tier smartphones, and ease network congestion. Read more:
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Today, Meta, Vodafone, and Google released a white paper, “Video Streaming with the AV1 Video Codec in Mobile Devices,” detailing the benefits of the AV1 codec, an advanced video compression …
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