Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance

TechCrunch AI reports Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance. TechCrunch AI reports: The partnership, announced on Wednesday, will see Meta collaborate with Reliance on a 168-megawatt AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, expanding a r The partnership, announced on Wednesday, will see Meta collaborate with Reliance on a 168-megawa

The deal comes as India cements its status as a natural destination for AI infrastructure investments, with tech giants seeking new geographies for data centers amid soaring demand for computing power to train and deploy AI models. Companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and Uber have recently announced AI and cloud infrastructure investments in the country, which has rapidly expanded its data center footprint in recent years.

The rush into India extends beyond global technology firms. Earlier this week, Blackstone-backed AirTrunk announced plans to invest $30 billion to build 5 gigawatts of data center capacity in the country by 2030, while Indian conglomerates including Adani and Tata Consultancy Services have also unveiled major data center expansion plans aimed at supporting AI workloads.

New Delhi has sought to attract such investments through policy incentives, including tax exemptions through 2047 for foreign cloud providers on services sold overseas, so long as those workloads are run from Indian data centers.

India’s installed data center capacity has risen from about 375 megawatts in 2020 to around 1.5 gigawatts in 2025, according to government data. Industry estimates project that figure could grow more than fivefold to over 8 gigawatts by the end of the decade, driven