Ambani’s Reliance Industries to build world’s largest AI data centre in India

Reliance aims to power the facility with renewable energy from adjacent green energy complex
Mukesh Ambani arrives to address the companys annual general meeting in Mumbai, India July 5, 2018. — Reuters
Mukesh Ambani arrives to address the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai, India July 5, 2018. — Reuters

Reliance Industries Limited, led by Indian billionaire and business tycoon Mukesh Ambani, has announced plans to construct the world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in India.

This ambitious project aims to capitalise on the increasing global demand for AI services.

Reports indicate that the Indian multinational conglomerate is procuring advanced AI semiconductors from Nvidia Corporation and intends to establish the data centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

According to Bloomberg News, the facility will have an unprecedented capacity of three gigawatts, far exceeding that of existing data centres worldwide.

This development also marks Reliance's entry into the rapidly growing AI services sector, placing it alongside tech giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon, which are investing heavily in AI infrastructure to meet the surging demand for AI-driven services.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd CEO, Akash Ambani, hinted at an ambitious timeline for the project, stating: “We want to complete it in true Jamnagar style, in record time, as we have always done in Jamnagar, in 24 months.”

The company plans to power the data centre using renewable energy sourced from an adjacent green energy complex, which will generate solar, wind, and hydrogen power.

Notably, the largest data centres in the world currently have capacities of less than one gigawatt, making Ambani's project several times larger.