Meta's first AI data center deal in India with Reliance marks a deepening partnership
Meta has signed its first AI data center deal in India with Reliance Industries, marking a significant step in their evolving partnership. The deal, announced on Wednesday, involves a 168-megawatt AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat. This collaboration builds on Meta's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance's Jio Platforms in 2020 and a $100 million joint venture launched last year to develop enterprise AI solutions. The data center will be powered by renewable energy and cooled using desalinated seawater. Meta has committed to covering the entire cost of the energy and water required for its operations. Reliance will provide end-to-end services, including design, construction, renewable power, connectivity, and ongoing operations. The facility is expected to be ready within two years and can be expanded over time. It will also support Meta's global AI infrastructure, integrating India into the company's worldwide network of AI facilities. Additionally, Meta has contracted nearly 1 gigawatt of new renewable energy in India through agreements with CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy. The value of the agreement has not been disclosed, nor have the specific AI workloads that will run from the facility or Meta's future investment plans in India. The deal comes as India has cemented its status as a destination for AI infrastructure investments. Companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and Uber have recently announced AI and cloud infrastructure investments in the country. India's data center capacity has grown from about 375 megawatts in 2020 to around 1.5 gigawatts in 2025, and it is projected to exceed 8 gigawatts by the end of the decade. This growth is driven by cloud adoption, AI workloads, and rising demand for local data processing. The Indian government has attracted these investments through policy incentives, including tax exemptions through 2047 for foreign cloud providers on services sold overseas, provided those workloads are run from Indian data centers. Other major players, including Blackstone-backed AirTrunk, Adani, and Tata Consultancy Services, have also announced significant data center expansion plans.
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