By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) -Meta Platforms plans to spend as much as $65 billion this year to expand its AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, aiming to bolster the company's position against rivals OpenAI and Google in the race to dominate the technology.

Much of the capital investment, a big jump from 2024, will fund expansion of Meta’s data centers, which provide the computing power needed by A.I. products and algorithms.

"This will be a defining year for AI," Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. "Over the coming years, it will drive our core products and business."