Meta is rapidly deploying AI capacity by installing billions of dollars of chips inside tented, temporary facilities and running them on off-grid power plants, a tactic described as the 'Mad Max' phase of the AI boom. Airbus satellite imagery dated May 24, 2026 corroborates these deployments; Cleanview's June 15, 2026 newsletter provides further analysis and a link to the images.
Airbus captured satellite images on May 24, 2026 showing temporary Meta facilities, per @curious_founder.
Satellite images captured on May 24th, 2026 by Airbus.
More on why Meta is doing this here:
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Meta's Data Center Strategy and the Mad Max Phase of the AI Boom
In the race to build AI, Meta is sticking billions of dollars of chips inside tents and powering them with off-grid power plants
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