Meta Platforms has partnered with Reliance Industries (RIL) to lease India's first AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Built and operated by Reliance under a "built-to-suit" model and leased by Meta, the facility starts at 168MW of capacity, with options for future expansion.
June 2026 · Meta × Reliance Industries
Meta lands its first AI data center deal in India
A 168 MW AI-enabled facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat — built-to-suit by Reliance, cooled with desalinated seawater and powered by roughly 1 GW of renewables — set to come online around 2028.
168 MW
Initial capacity, designed to scale further
~1 GW
Renewable energy secured across India
~2028
Expected online, within about 2 years
Renewable power secured in India
~1 GW total across multiple contracts
~900 MW
CleanMax
88 MW
Fourth Partner
Powered mainly by solar and wind — green hydrogen under consideration for the future.
Location
Jamnagar, Gujarat
One of the world's largest data center campuses
Cooling
Desalinated seawater
Meta bears full energy & water cost
Model
Built-to-suit by RIL
Construction, utilities, network & managed services
How the partnership grew
2020
$5.7B in Jio
Investment in Jio Platforms
→
Aug 2025
~$100M JV
Enterprise AI on Llama models
→
June 2026
168 MW DC
First AI data center in India
What backers value
Reliance's end-to-end service provision
Synergy with the existing Llama-based JV
Links to Project Waterworth subsea cable
What observers watch
Stable power supply at scale
Regulatory challenges & flexibility
GPU counts and pricing still undisclosed
~$13B
India DC market by 2034
With AI training and inference demand surging, hyperscalers like Google and Amazon are also planning large facilities — putting India in the spotlight as an emerging AI infrastructure hub.
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