{
  "id": 4025725,
  "title": "Meta Tests Robots to Handle Data Center Work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/meta-tests-robots-to-handle-data-center-work",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T20:19:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/376843/meta-tests-robots-data-center"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Meta is testing robots to handle some data center work. According to employees, the company is using robots from vendors including Watney Robotics, Kinova, and ABB.\n\nIn one experiment, a Kinova Gen3 robotic arm is being evaluated for power cycling or cutting off electricity to servers. A different robot is being tested to swap networking cables. One Meta data center worker estimates that if successful, the bot could replace up to 80 percent of some people's workloads.\n\nMeta declined to comment on the testing. A company spokesperson stated that Meta is investing heavily in training and hiring workers to build and operate its data centers, citing a shortage of skilled workers in the US.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Meta is testing robots from ABB and others to handle data center tasks such as swapping cables and resetting servers as it seeks to lower labor costs (Paresh Dave/Wired)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/sources-meta-is-testing-robots-from-abb-and-others-to-handle-data",
        "published": "2026-08-28T13:21:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}