Zuck Promises $600B U.S. Party, CFO Sweats Numbers
Mark Zuckerberg dropped jaws (and probably a few tens of billions) at a White House dinner on Sept 4, casually pledging Meta would invest 'something like... at least $600 billion through 2028' in U.S. data centers, infrastructure, and even people-wrangling. Enter Susan Li, incoming CFO, stage left, tasked with diplomatically translating visionary-speak into bean-counter math at a Goldman Sachs confab Tuesday in San Francisco. She patiently explained that 'the total envelope' includes everything from buzzing servers to company headcount, all wrapped in a foggy crystal ball prediction. Investors chuckled knowing developers build castles in the sky, while CFOs shovel the dirt.
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Zuckerberg promises $600B investment like heās ordering fast food, while his CFO tries to explain why ābuilder talkā and ābean counter talkā arenāt even on the same planet. CFOās accounting skills faceplant vs CEO imagination Olympics.
Meta CEO: 'We'll spend $600B in the US.' CFO: 'Calm down, itās just all the data centers, salaries, and the secret snack budget rolled in.'
When your boss is a tech visionary dropping $600 billion promises at the White House but you're the CFO trying to keep the spreadsheet from spontaneously combusting.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/9/2025 | Author: Alistair Barr
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