Meta Bets Big on India with 168MW Reliance AI Deal
Meta and Reliance Industries signed a deal to build Meta’s first AI data center in India, a 168-megawatt facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The move is part of Meta’s $37 to $40 billion annual capex push and signals India’s rise as a second center of gravity for global AI infrastructure. Competitors including OpenAI and Google are already in the race.
Meta’s India Data Center Deal With Reliance Changes the AI Race
Meta just signed its first AI data center agreement with Reliance Industries in India, a country with over 400 million WhatsApp users and a $17 billion AI market on the way. This isn’t a globalization story. It’s a compute sovereignty play. Here’s what it really means.