Mark Zuckerberg is trying to solve his AI data center problem with a $1 billion giveaway

Last month, Meta launched an “AI is good, really” PR campaign. My response: Words are fine, but why not cut people checks?

On Monday, Meta announced it’s taking my (free) advice: It says it will create a $1 billion fund to boost communities where it is building AI data centers.

There’s very little public detail about the fund. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentions it briefly in a long memo explaining (again) why “ The Future is for Everyone ” (the memo literally recycles lines from a WSJ op-ed Zuckerberg published last month called “ The AI Future is for Everyone “).

There’s no mention of how many communities or people this is meant to help, or…