Meta Platforms will lease a 168 MW AI-enabled data center in India from Reliance Industries, with the Jamnagar facility set to be delivered within two years and accompanied by nearly 1 GW of renewable energy partnerships.
Meta Platforms said Wednesday it will lease an artificial intelligence-enabled data center in India carrying 168 megawatts of capacity from Reliance Industries, the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani.
Reliance will construct the facility in Jamnagar and deliver it to Meta within two years, with an option to scale capacity further, the U.S. company said in a release.
"This world-class facility in Jamnagar will help us scale our AI infrastructure globally while deepening our long-term investment in India's economy," Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said.
Ambani, Reliance's chairman, described the deal as a "transformative moment for India's digital infrastructure."
The agreement extends a relationship between the two companies that dates to 2020, when Meta invested $5.7 billion in Ambani's telecom and digital services unit, Jio Platforms. Last year, the two companies deepened that tie through a joint venture making Meta's open-source AI models available to Indian enterprises and developers.
Alongside the data center lease, Meta announced separate renewable energy partnerships with Indian clean energy providers CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy for nearly 1 GW of power. The projects span northern and southern Indian states and are intended to supply clean energy to Meta's expanding infrastructure footprint in the country, consistent with what the company described as its global goal of "matching all operations with 100% clean and renewable energy."
The announcement comes amid a broader surge of hyperscaler investment in Indian data center infrastructure. Approximately $400 billion has flowed into India's AI ecosystem over the past year, the majority directed toward data centers and related energy infrastructure, according to the company's release.
Global brokerage Nomura, in a June 2 report, characterized India's data center industry as "one of the fastest-growing globally," projecting that the country's total data center capacity will reach 7 GW by 2030. Nomura cited cost efficiency relative to other developed Asia Pacific and Western markets as a key driver of that growth.
The Indian government has also moved to attract hyperscalers through policy incentives, announcing earlier this year a 20-year tax exemption for companies that use data centers in the country to service global clients.
Meta's Jamnagar agreement signals an accelerating commitment to India as a node in its global AI buildout — and positions Reliance as a significant infrastructure partner at a time when global technology companies are competing for data center capacity across the region.
Sara Montes de Oca is the Editor in Chief of TechEchelon. Previously a correspondent and producer in Washington, D.C., covering business, finance, and politics.
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