Meta partners with Reliance Industries to build its first AI-enabled data center in India

Meta has tied up with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries to build Meta's first AI-enabled data center in India. Reliance will construct a data center with 168 MW capacity in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which Meta will lease with options to scale.

Meta and Reliance formed a joint venture in August last year to build AI platforms and tools for enterprises in India using Meta's Llama models (large language models that understand and generate text). The joint venture received an initial combined investment of 8.55 billion rupees ($89.67 million), split 70% and 30% respectively between Reliance and Meta.

India's data center market is projected to nearly double to $13.11 billion by 2034, driven by digital transformation, cloud adoption, and rising AI workloads, according to consulting firm IMARC Group. Meta cited India's massive user base and fast-growing digital economy as reasons for the investment.