India's Largest Conglomerate Pledges $110 Billion to Build AI Infrastructure
In a historic announcement at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, Mukesh Ambani, Chairperson of Reliance Industries, unveiled a massive $110 billion (₹10 trillion) plan to build AI computing infrastructure across India over the next seven years.
Gigawatt-Scale Data Centers & Edge Network
The investment will fund:
- Gigawatt-scale data centers — Massive computing facilities across India
- Nationwide edge computing network — Low-latency AI services for millions of users
- Jio AI integration — New AI services embedded in India's largest telecom network
Green Energy-Powered AI
What sets this initiative apart is its focus on sustainable computing. Reliance plans to leverage over 10 gigawatts of surplus solar power from projects in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh to power these data centers.
Timeline
- Construction already underway in Jamnagar, Gujarat
- 120+ megawatts expected online by late 2026
- Partnerships with Indian enterprises, startups, and academic institutions
India's AI Race Heats Up
This announcement adds to India's AI infrastructure boom:
- Reliance — $110B — Data centers, edge computing, Jio AI
- Adani Group — $100B — AI data centers
- Tata + OpenAI — ~$1B (scaling to 1GW) — AI capacity
- Indian Government — $200B+ by 2028 — AI infrastructure
Breaking Language Barriers
Reliance also plans to develop AI capabilities in multiple Indian languages to drive adoption across the country's diverse population — mirroring how Jio disrupted mobile data pricing in India.
"The biggest constraint in AI today is not talent or imagination. It is scarcity and high cost of compute." — Mukesh Ambani
India cannot afford to rent intelligence. With this aggressive push, India is positioning itself to become a global AI powerhouse.
Source: TechCrunch
