--- description: AMD Helios racks are installed and under test at Meta, with a custom Instinct GPU, 6th Gen EPYC for Muse, and a $1B AMD stake in Meta. title: AMD Helios Racks Are Running at Meta, With a Custom Instinct GPU and a $1 Billion Stake to Follow image: https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/StorageReview-AMD-Helios-14.jpg --- [![Storage Review]()](https://storagereview.com/) --- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/@storagereview) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/storagereview) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/storagereview/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storagereview-com) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/storagereview?sub_confirmation=1) [Email](mailto:info@storagereview.com) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0) [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/StorageReview/) [Discord](https://discord.gg/TwMHb4azdC) [RSS Feed](https://www.storagereview.com/rss.xml) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@storagereview) [![StorageReview.com](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Storage-Review-2x.png)](https://www.storagereview.com) ≡ Menu - [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) - [Storage Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/review) - [End User Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/consumer) - [Enterprise Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) - [Ubiquiti Reviews](https://www.storagereview.com/best/ubiquiti-reviews) - [SR Merch](https://store.storagereview.com) - [Leaderboards](https://www.storagereview.com/best) - [Best Storage Arrays](https://www.storagereview.com/best/storage-arrays) - [Best Enterprise SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-ssds) - [Best Servers](https://www.storagereview.com/best/servers) - [Best Enterprise GPUs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/enterprise-gpus) - [Best Desktops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktops-local-ai) - [Best Laptops for Local AI](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptops-local-ai) - [Best Local LLM Tools](https://www.storagereview.com/best/local-llm-tools) - [Agentic AI Hardware](https://www.storagereview.com/best/agentic-ai-hardware) - [Best SSDs & Hard Drives](https://www.storagereview.com/best_drives) - [Best Portable SSDs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/portable-ssds) - [Best Business Laptops](https://www.storagereview.com/best/business-laptops) - [Best Mobile Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mobile-workstations) - [Best Desktop Workstations](https://www.storagereview.com/best/desktop-workstations) - [Best Mini PCs](https://www.storagereview.com/best/mini-pcs) - [Best Laptop Battery Life](https://www.storagereview.com/best/laptop-battery-life) - [Storage Reference Guide](https://www.storagereview.com/storage-reference-guide) - [About SR](https://www.storagereview.com/about-storagereview) - [StorageReview.com Sweepstakes Rules and Regulations](https://www.storagereview.com/storagereview-com-sweepstakes-rules-and-regulations) Search [Home](https://www.storagereview.com/) » [News](https://www.storagereview.com/news) » AMD Helios Racks Are Running at Meta, With a Custom Instinct GPU and a $1 Billion Stake to Follow # AMD Helios Racks Are Running at Meta, With a Custom Instinct GPU and a $1 Billion Stake to Follow by Harold Fritts on October 29, 2026 [AI](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise/ai)  ◇  [Enterprise](https://www.storagereview.com/enterprise) AMD says the first [AMD Helios](https://www.storagereview.com/news/amd-mi455x-and-helios-432gb-hbm4-72-gpu-racks-and-a-real-answer-to-vera-rubin) rackscale systems are installed and under test at Meta, with a broader deployment to follow, and that the two companies have aligned product roadmaps around Meta’s workloads across EPYC CPUs, Instinct GPUs, Pensando networking, and ROCm. The same announcement puts EPYC behind Meta’s Muse personal AI agent, adds Day-0 AMD support for the Muse Spark Open and Muse Glimmer models, and commits AMD to a $1 billion investment in Meta’s equity offering. ![AMD Helios AI rack render showing a row of Helios racks with the AMD Helios badge on the end door](https://www.storagereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/StorageReview-AMD-Helios-14.jpg) “AMD has been a key partner in building out the compute that’s running our frontier models,” said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, Meta. “We’re making big investments in the computing power that will enable us to bring personal superintelligence to everyone, and AMD plays an important role in that.” Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD, said: “With Helios now running at Meta, we are taking that partnership to a new scale in the superintelligence era.” ## Rackscale Helios Architecture and Enterprise CPU Rollout AMD gives no rack count or site for the Helios installation and no date for the broader deployment beyond “the near future.” On the CPU side, Meta has deployed millions of EPYC processors across multiple generations and is a lead customer for [6th Gen EPYC](https://www.storagereview.com/news/amd-6th-gen-epyc-venice-256-cores-1-6tb-s-and-the-first-pcie-gen-6-server-cpu), which supports the dedicated computing environments behind Muse. The companies are also collaborating on future EPYC generations, including the part AMD calls “Verano.” ## Custom Instinct Accelerators and Software Optimization Meta runs AMD Instinct GPUs in production for training, ranking, and recommendation engines. The custom silicon is what separates this from a volume purchase: Meta was an early definition customer for the Instinct MI450 architecture and will deploy a custom Instinct GPU optimized for its workloads. AMD says the collaboration is informing future platforms, including the [Instinct MI500 series](https://www.storagereview.com/news/from-mi350-to-mi500-amds-bold-ai-accelerator-roadmap-through-2027) and next-generation rack-scale systems. ![AMD Instinct GPU compute tray render from the AMD Helios rack with liquid cooling lines across the accelerator cold plates]() The software work runs through PyTorch so that ROCm support is in place when a developer pulls the framework. AMD and Meta have optimized recommendation model training on Instinct MI350X GPUs and are contributing the improvements back to PyTorch, Triton, and ROCm. 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