Meta Building 'Meta Compute' Cloud to Rent GPUs and Llama, Taking Aim at AWS and Azure

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Meta is building 'Meta Compute,' a cloud business that would rent its custom AI hardware and Llama models to enterprises in a direct challenge to AWS, Azure, and Google. Reported tiers include bare-metal GPU instances, Llama-as-a-Service managed endpoints, and full-stack workspaces on Meta's PyTorch ecosystem — turning excess AI compute into revenue beyond advertising, echoing SpaceX's compute-monetization playbook. It marks a potential new entrant in the AI IaaS market.