"Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire chairperson of Indian conglomerate Reliance, on Thursday unveiled the group's ₹10 trillion (about $110 billion) plan to build AI computing infrastructure in India over the next seven years. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Thursday, Ambani said the investment would fund gigawatt-scale data centers, a nationwide edge computing network, and new AI services integrated with Reliance's Jio telecom platform."
"Ambani said the push is essential for India's technological self-reliance, saying the country "cannot afford to rent intelligence," and that Reliance aims to cut the cost of AI services as dramatically as it once reduced mobile data prices in the country. "The biggest constraint in AI today is not talent or imagination," Ambani said. "It is scarcity and high cost of compute.""
Reliance will invest ₹10 trillion over seven years to build AI computing infrastructure in India, funding gigawatt-scale data centers, a nationwide edge computing network, and AI services integrated with Jio. Construction has begun on multi-gigawatt data centers in Jamnagar, Gujarat, with more than 120 megawatts of capacity expected online in the second half of 2026. The build-out will leverage Reliance's 10 gigawatts of surplus solar power. The investment complements other industry plans, including Adani's roughly $100 billion proposal and OpenAI's partnership with Tata to develop initial AI capacity, scaling toward 1 gigawatt.
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