Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, announced this Monday a agreement with the American 'teleco' Lumen Technologies to “significantly” increase its network capacity and “help drive its AI ambitions.” The company has detailed that «the expanded network will provide a Dedicated interconnection for Meta's industry-leading infrastructurestrengthening and increasing the company's capacity to lead the development of AI.» He also considers that «this increase in capacity is another differentiator that will drive Meta's vision of advancing AI for a more connected world.» Specifically , Meta to benefit from Lumen Technologies' 'Private Connectivity Fabric' initiativewhich «includes dedicated access to existing fiber routes and new routes between data centers.» «We are enabling one of the largest network capacity expansions of our lifetime. We have transformed our company to meet this demand. As Meta's customers use more AI services on their platforms, we are helping to provide Meta with a seamless, simple and flexible network that will meet their growing needs.» Ashley Haynes-Gasparexecutive vice president and chief revenue officer at Lumen. For its part, Alex-Handrah Aimedirector of network investments at Meta, says that its AI tools «perform increasingly complex tasks, including enabling conversations in a variety of languages and translating text to images in real time, while also They help people interact with the world around them in new and immersive ways«.»We are excited to work with Lumen to use this advanced network to provide scale and reliability for seamless experiences«, he concluded.