Meta is teaching robots to play technician, and the experiment could change who keeps its sprawling AI data centers running.
Meta is testing robots from Watney Robotics, Kinova and ABB for jobs including swapping network cables, restarting servers, reseating hardware and cutting power to equipment, according to WIRED reporting based on interviews with current and former Meta workers.
The trials are taking place at facilities including Meta’s Altoona, Iowa, campus and its Prometheus data center in New Albany, Ohio.
At Altoona, Meta has been testing two dual-armed Watney robots on cabling work since June 2025. The machines remain slower than…
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