Meta is launching a $1 billion fund to invest directly in data center communities including Montgomery, expanding the company’s commitment to support areas hosting its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The fund builds on Meta’s existing community investments in Alabama, where the company is developing a major data center campus in Montgomery. In Montgomery, the company has partnered with Montgomery Public Schools to support the district’s robotics initiative, providing students with opportunities to develop digital literacy and hands-on science and technology skills. The Montgomery data center has grown into one of Meta’s largest Alabama investments. Zuckerberg said the new community fund is part of a broader vision for ensuring the economic and technological benefits of artificial intelligence are widely distributed.