Meta and Reliance Industries strike AI data center deal to scale India's infrastructure backbone
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Meta agrees Indian AI data center deal as hyperscaler bolsters its infrastructure
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it will lease an artificial intelligence-enabled data center in India with 168 megawatts of capacity from billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries. Reliance Industries, whose broad conglomerate empire includes everything from petrochemicals to textiles and
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Meta strikes its first India data-centre deal with Reliance
Reliance will build and run the Jamnagar site on renewable power and desalinated seawater. Meta is the latest hyperscaler sending AI compute to India. Meta has agreed to lease a 168-megawatt, AI-ready data centre in India from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, its first such facility in the
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Inside Jamnagar: How Meta and Reliance are building India's AI infrastructure backbone
Meta and Reliance Industries are expanding their partnership beyond connectivity to build an AI-enabled data centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, marking a major step in India's AI infrastructure journey. The collaboration underscores India's growing role as a global AI hub while placing sustainability and
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Meta and Reliance Industries partner to build AI data centre, enterprise solutions in India
Reliance Industries and Meta Platforms are joining forces. They will create enterprise AI solutions using Meta's Llama models. This venture aims to bring advanced AI to Indian businesses of all sizes. Reliance will hold a majority stake. The partnership will offer customizable AI platforms and
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Meta, Reliance Join Hands to Build AI-Powered Data Center in India
As part of the agreement, Reliance will build a data center with 168 MW capacity, which Meta will lease, with options to scale. Meta and Reliance Industries today announced a significant expansion of our strategic partnership with an agreement for an AI-enabled data center in India. Located in
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Reliance and Meta partner for 168MW hyperscale data center in Gujarat
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Meta Platforms, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership to develop a new, built-to-suit data center project in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The facility will feature an initial capacity of 168 megawatts (MW) to be delivered within two years, with an option for future
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Reliance partners with Meta to build a data center in Gujarat
Read the data center press release from Meta here. Meta and Reliance are building an AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, with a capacity of 168 megawatts. When compared to Google-Adani's 1 Giga Watt AI Data center in Andhra Pradesh, Meta-Reliance's data center is six times smaller. "Meta
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Meta to partner with India's Reliance for AI data center By Investing.com
Investing.com-- Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) on Wednesday announced an agreement with Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd (NSE:RELI) to build and lease an artificial intelligence data center in the country. Reliance will build a 168 megawatt facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which Meta
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Reliance Industries Limited Expands Operations with Ai-Enabled Data Centre in Jamnagar Gujarat
Reliance Industries Limited announced a partnership with Meta Platforms, Inc. for a data centre project in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Reliance Industries Limited will develop a data center with 168 MW capacity to be delivered within two years, with an option to scale. This is the first built-to-suit data
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Meta Platforms has agreed to lease a 168-megawatt AI-enabled data center from Reliance Industries in Jamnagar, Gujarat, marking the company's first such facility in India. The deal deepens a partnership that began with Meta's $5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms in 2020 and extends their collaboration into physical infrastructure for AI workloads.
Meta Reliance Partnership Expands into AI Infrastructure
Meta Platforms has secured its first India data-centre deal with Reliance Industries, agreeing to lease a 168-megawatt AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat
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. Reliance Industries will build and deliver the facility within two years, with options for Meta to scale capacity as demand grows2
. The deal marks a significant milestone in building India's AI infrastructure and represents the latest evolution in a partnership that dates back to 2020, when Meta invested $5.7 billion in Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms.
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"This world-class facility in Jamnagar will help us scale our AI infrastructure globally while deepening our long-term investment in India's economy," said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta
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. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, described the investment as a "transformative moment for India's digital infrastructure"5
.Strategic Location Positions India as Global AI Hub
Jamnagar has emerged as a strategic location for this AI infrastructure expansion, where Reliance is developing one of the world's largest data center campuses
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. The site offers access to significant energy resources and sits near undersea cable landings and Jio's fiber network, providing the connectivity needed for high-density AI workloads2
. The facility has been designed specifically to handle next-generation AI services for one of Meta's largest and fastest-growing user bases.
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Global hyperscalers have been lining up to invest in data centers in India, with $400 billion flowing into the country's AI ecosystem over the last year, the majority directed toward such facilities and necessary energy infrastructure
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. Global brokerage Nomura noted in a June 2 report that India's data center capacity is expected to rise to 7 GW by 2030 as it remains "cost-efficient" relative to other developed Asia Pacific and Western markets1
.Renewable Energy and Sustainability at Core
The AI data center will run on renewable energy and use desalinated seawater for cooling, with Meta covering the full cost of the power and water
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. Meta is partnering with Indian clean energy providers CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy for nearly 1GW of renewable energy—837MW from CleanMax and 88MW from Fourth Partner Energy2
. These projects, spread across northern and southern Indian states, will supply clean energy to Meta's growing infrastructure in the country, consistent with the company's global goal of matching all operations with 100% clean and renewable energy1
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Joint Venture Brings Enterprise AI Solutions
Beyond the physical infrastructure, Meta and Reliance Industries have announced a joint venture to develop and deploy Llama-based enterprise AI solutions in India and select international markets, with an initial combined investment of approximately Rs 855 crore, around $100 million
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. Under the agreement, Reliance Industries will hold a 70% stake while Meta will hold the remaining 30%4
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The joint venture will offer two core products: an enterprise AI Platform-as-a-Service that allows organizations to customize, deploy, and govern generative AI models for workflows across sales, IT, customer service, and finance; and a suite of pre-configured AI solutions for both cross-functional and sector-specific use cases
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. The partnership will leverage Meta's open-source Llama models and Reliance's reach to thousands of enterprises and small and medium businesses across India4
.What This Means for India's Digital Ambitions
The investment signals how India's digital ambitions are increasingly moving from software and services to the foundational infrastructure powering the AI era
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. Earlier this year, the Indian government announced a 20-year tax exemption for hyperscalers that use data centers in the country to service global clients1
. This policy environment, combined with cost advantages and available power, positions India as an attractive alternative as US and European grids strain under AI load.The deal also extends Meta's global AI infrastructure expansion beyond its massive US investments, including a $200 billion Louisiana campus and a $21 billion CoreWeave deal
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. Whether the facility can maintain its sustainability commitments as Meta scales operations remains a key question, particularly as India's grid and water systems face their own pressures2
. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 20254
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