Google has reportedly scaled back Meta’s access to its Gemini artificial intelligence models after the social media giant requested more computing capacity than the tech company could provide. According to a report by the Financial Times, the limitation, introduced around March, disrupted some of Meta’s AI development plans and reflects the growing pressure on global AI infrastructure.
The report said Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was more heavily affected than other customers because of its massive demand for AI computing resources. The company reportedly responded by asking employees to use AI tokens more efficiently while it adjusts to the limited capacity.
The development highlights the intense race among technology companies to secure the computing power needed to build and deploy advanced AI systems. Google Chief Executive Officer, Sundar Pichai, had earlier disclosed that infrastructure constraints were limiting the growth of Google Cloud, despite strong customer demand and rising revenues.
Meta is investing heavily in artificial intelligence, expanding AI features across its platforms while developing new AI agents and its Llama family of models. The reported restrictions underscore a broader industry challenge, where even the world’s largest technology companies are competing for limited chips and computing capacity as demand for AI continues to surge.