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Meta Platforms Q1 2025 Earnings

Revenue and Profit
- Total revenue: $42.31 billion, up 16 percent year-over-year
- Net income: $16.64 billion, up 35 percent
- Diluted EPS: $6.43, up 37 percent
- Operating margin: 41 percent
- Income from operations: $17.56 billion

Key Metrics
- Family daily active people: 3.43 billion, up 6 percent
- Ad impressions: up 5 percent
- Average price per ad: up 10 percent
- Revenue growth on a constant currency basis: 19 percent
- Effective tax rate: 9 percent

Spending and Cash Flow
- Costs and expenses: $24.76 billion, up 9 percent
- Capital expenditures: $13.69 billion
- Free cash flow: $10.33 billion
- Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities: $70.23 billion

Capital Returns
- Share repurchases: $13.40 billion
- Dividends and equivalents: $1.33 billion

Segment Results
- Family of Apps revenue: $41.9 billion
- Income from operations: $21.77 billion
- Reality Labs revenue: $412 million
- Operating loss: $4.21 billion

Outlook
- Q2 2025 revenue guidance: $42.5 to $45.5 billion
- Full-year expense outlook: $113 to $118 billion (lowered)
- Full-year capital expenditures: $64 to $72 billion (increased)
- Expected full-year tax rate: 12 to 15 percent

Regulatory Note
Meta expects potential business impact in Europe starting Q3 2025 due to EU Digital Markets Act compliance issues affecting its ad-subscription model.

Patrick Collison and Dina Powell McCormick Join Meta Board of Directors
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Meta announced the appointment of Patrick Collison, Co-Founder and CEO of Stripe, and Dina Powell McCormick, Vice Chair, President & Head of Global Client Services at BDT & MSD Partners, to its board of directors. Their appointments will take effect on April 15.

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s Founder and CEO, stated, “Patrick and Dina bring a lot of experience supporting businesses and entrepreneurs to our board. Patrick is deeply committed to expanding economic opportunity, and Dina has a long career advocating for economic development and supporting entrepreneurs. Their perspective will be extremely valuable to businesses that rely on our services to grow.”

Patrick Collison has led Stripe since its founding in 2010, establishing it as a global leader in programmable financial services. He also co-founded the Arc Institute, a biomedical research organization advancing a new model for basic science.

Dina Powell McCormick brings over 25 years of leadership experience in finance and government. She served in senior roles at Goldman Sachs, including on the management committee, and led global economic empowerment programs such as 10,000 Women, 10,000 Small Businesses, and One Million Black Women. She has also served two U.S. presidents, including as Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant Secretary of State.

Collison remarked, “Between WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, Meta is one of the internet's most important platforms for businesses. I look forward to helping them navigate the abundant opportunities of the coming years.”

Powell McCormick added, “I’m excited to bring my experience in finance, government and economic development to support the people and entrepreneurs who use Meta’s services.”

Meta’s board will now include members such as Marc Andreessen, Drew Houston, Charlie Songhurst, Dana White, Hock Tan, Tracey T. Travis, and Lead Independent Director Robert M. Kimmitt, among others.

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Meta has reaffirmed its commitment to OpenXR as the standard for cross-platform XR development, emphasizing its continued investment in expanding the technology and supporting developers. With the upcoming v74 SDK, OpenXR will become the recommended development path for major game engines, including Unity, Unreal, and Godot.

For Unity, the OpenXR Meta package has reached feature and performance parity with the Oculus XR plugin, enabling seamless migration. Unreal developers can build for XR using OpenXR or Meta’s GitHub fork of Unreal for Horizon OS-specific features. Godot developers can use direct OpenXR integration with additional features accessible through the Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin.

Since 2019, Meta has ensured OpenXR compliance across its platforms and contributed to 67% of Khronos and cross-vendor extensions, further solidifying OpenXR as a cross-device standard. Meta’s innovations, such as SpaceWarp and foveation, have been adopted by other XR vendors, enhancing interoperability.

Meta remains committed to OpenXR and encourages developers to stay informed through social media and newsletters.

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) announced an increase in the target bonus percentage for its named executive officers, excluding the Chief Executive Officer, under the company’s Bonus Plan. Effective for the 2025 annual performance period, the target bonus percentage will rise from 75% of base salary to 200% of base salary.

This decision was approved by the Compensation, Nominating & Governance Committee (CNGC) on February 13, 2025, after reviewing market data and input from an independent compensation consultant. The adjustment aligns the target total cash compensation of Meta’s named executive officers with the 50th percentile of comparable executives at peer companies.

The change is part of Meta’s efforts to ensure competitive executive compensation and to better align leadership incentives with company performance.

Goldman Sachs Research highlights the rising energy demands of AI-driven data centers, projecting a 160% increase in power consumption by 2030 compared to 2023. Nuclear energy is expected to play a significant role in meeting these needs due to its low carbon emissions and reliability, although challenges such as limited new capacity and infrastructure constraints persist. Natural gas, renewables, and battery technologies will complement nuclear energy to provide round-the-clock power solutions.

The report emphasizes the growing investment in renewable energy, with 40% of new capacity expected to come from renewables, supported by advancements in storage technologies. However, the intermittency of renewables and the current slowdown in efficiency gains necessitate a combination of power sources, including natural gas, to address immediate needs.

Recent contracts for nuclear energy and increasing governmental support signal a shift towards expanding nuclear capacity. Meanwhile, companies are exploring innovative solutions like small modular reactors and hybrid energy systems to reduce emissions and improve energy reliability for data centers. These efforts aim to align data center growth with sustainable energy goals while managing the "Green Reliability Premium" associated with cleaner energy sources.

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