Meta partners with Reliance to build its first AI data centre in India
According to The Straits Times Business, Meta is partnering with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries to build a 168-megawatt AI data centre in Jamnagar. The facility will be Meta's first large-scale AI infrastructure project in India. India's position in the global AI data-centre race is strengthening.
According to The Straits Times Business, Meta is making a major Indian AI-infrastructure step together with Reliance Industries. The two companies will build a 168-megawatt data centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which will be Meta's first large-scale AI facility in India.
Reliance's energy and telecoms backbone will supply low-cost power and fibre connectivity for the site. The Straits Times reports that Meta needs additional compute capacity to train its global AI models, and that India's cost advantage makes it attractive. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
The Indian government has strengthened incentive packages for AI infrastructure in recent months, and competition among states has accelerated. The Straits Times reports that the project could generate around a thousand direct jobs in the Jamnagar area, and that other hyperscalers may pursue similar tie-ups.
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