Meta Partners with Reliance Industries to Build AI Data Center in India
Meta Platforms will lease a 168-megawatt AI-ready data center in Jamnagar, India, to be built by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, marking Meta's first AI infrastructure investment in the country. The deal extends a partnership that began with Meta's $5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms in 2020 and a joint AI venture launched last year. The agreement reflects a broader wave of hyperscale data center investment in India, driven by surging AI demand and government tax incentives.
Meta Platforms announced on Wednesday a deal to lease a 168-megawatt AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, to be built and operated by Reliance Industries, deepening a relationship between the two companies that dates to 2020. Reliance will deliver the facility within two years, with an option to scale capacity over time, and will provide end-to-end services including design, construction, renewable power, connectivity, and ongoing operations. The data center will be powered by renewable energy and cooled using desalinated seawater, with Meta covering the full cost of energy and water for its operations. Meta is also separately contracting nearly 1 gigawatt of new renewable energy capacity in India through agreements with CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy. The Jamnagar site offers strategic advantages including proximity to Reliance's existing energy complex and lower infrastructure costs. The deal is part of a sweeping influx of AI infrastructure investment into India, with companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and Blackstone-backed AirTrunk also announcing major commitments; India's data center capacity has grown from roughly 375 MW in 2020 to 1.5 GW in 2025 and is projected to exceed 8 GW by 2030. Financial terms of the Meta-Reliance agreement were not disclosed.
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The sources do not specify what types of AI workloads will run from the Jamnagar facility, nor the timeline for the renewable energy projects with CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy.
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