BofA Securities analyst Justin Post reiterated a Buy rating and $810.00 price target on Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META)

The analyst comments: “Per Bloomberg, Meta plans to deploy its third-generation MTIA 450 chips, or Arke, in 1H’27, followed by higher-performance MTIA 500, or Astrid, beginning in late 2027. Developed with Broadcom, the custom chips are purpose-built for AI inference & designed to improve compute efficiency. Meta expects to deploy more than 1 GW of custom-chip capacity over 12 months, with adoption accelerating thereafter. The report also noted that the company considered developing a chip capable of handling both AI training and inference. However, Meta canceled the project after determining that the design could cost approximately 30% more, limiting its economic viability at scale. Our Take: Given Alphabet’s success with TPUs, we think custom silicon remains strategically important for Meta’s AI roadmap, with the potential to significantly lower long-term AI infrastructure costs and improve returns on capex. If we assume Meta is planning to deploy 5-6GW of owned capacity in 2027 at a cost of $200bn, and chips are 60% of the cost, then deploying own custom chips (assuming a 40% cost savings vs 3rd party chips) could generate ~8.5bn cost savings.”

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Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. closed at $673.31 yesterday.