Meta and Reliance make a big data center deal in India
Meta is a big tech company. Reliance is a big company in India. Meta signs its first AI data center deal in India with Reliance. The data center is in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The data center is 168 megawatts. It is an AI-enabled data center. Meta and Reliance work together. Meta invests $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms in 2020. Jio Platforms is part of Reliance. The new data center uses renewable energy. It uses desalinated seawater for cooling. Meta pays for the energy and water. The data center is ready in two years. It can be bigger later. The data center helps Meta's global AI work. Reliance gives end-to-end services. These services include design, construction, and power. Meta also contracts new renewable energy. It works with CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy. The companies do not say the deal value. They do not say the AI workloads. They do not say about future investments. India is a big place for AI infrastructure. Many tech companies invest in India. Microsoft, Amazon, and Google invest in India. OpenAI and Uber also invest in India. India's data center capacity grows. It is 375 megawatts in 2020. It is 1.5 gigawatts in 2025. It can be 8 gigawatts by 2030. The Indian government gives tax exemptions. These are for foreign cloud providers. The services must run from Indian data centers.
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Meta and Reliance make a big data center deal in India
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