AsianFin -- Meta Platforms is reportedly so eager to ramp up its AI infrastructure that it's resorting to building temporary data centers in actual tents, highlighting the company’s urgency in the race toward artificial general intelligence.

According to reports from SemiAnalysis and Business Insider, Meta is deploying makeshift facilities to support its growing computing demands while its permanent data center infrastructure is still under construction. The move comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushes aggressively to catch up with rivals OpenAI, Google, and xAI in the competition to develop cutting-edge AI systems.

On Monday, Zuckerberg announced that Meta is building a new 5-gigawatt data center project called Hyperion, part of a broader strategy to power the company’s ambitions in what he has described as "superintelligence." Meta has also been actively recruiting top AI researchers in recent months.

The company’s unorthodox approach — including erecting tents to house interim compute operations — underscores the intensity of the AI arms race and Zuckerberg’s willingness to sidestep traditional timelines to close the gap with faster-moving competitors.