Key facts
- Santosh Janardhan is Meta's head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering.
- Dave Brown joined Meta earlier this year as vice president of infrastructure after nearly two decades at Amazon Web Services.
- Janardhan did not detail reasons for his departure in a memo to staff, Bloomberg News reported.
- Janardhan will remain at Meta through the first quarter to support the transition, the Bloomberg report said.
- Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, Reuters reported.
Meta Platforms said on November 11, 2026 that Santosh Janardhan, its longtime head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, will leave the company early next year. Dave Brown, who joined Meta earlier this year as vice president of infrastructure after nearly two decades at Amazon Web Services, will succeed him, Meta said.
Bloomberg News reported earlier that Janardhan told staff in a memo he would step down from leading the infrastructure organization. He did not detail reasons for his departure in the message, according to the Bloomberg report, and could not immediately be reached for comment. Janardhan will remain at Meta through the first quarter to support the transition, the report said.
Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, Reuters reported. Bloomberg described the change as a leadership shift as the company continues to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence and the data centers needed to support it.