Reliance intends to build India’s biggest AI data center in the world.

India may soon be home to the world’s largest data center, surpassing even Microsoft’s current largest. A Bloomberg article suggests that Reliance Industries, owned by Mukesh Ambani, may establish the aforementioned data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
Once operational, the data center will offer the infrastructure required to support various AI applications, and Ambani intends to charge a competitive price for AI services.
According to reports, Reliance has started purchasing AI semiconductors, including Nvidia’s Blackwell AI processors, from the chipmaker behemoth to achieve this goal.
Over the past few months, the two businesses have worked together on some projects. In September 2024, they joined together to create AI supercomputers and LLMs. The Indian government also favors these advances; to date, it has committed more than Rs 10,000 crore to finance AI initiatives, businesses, and LLM development.
“It is entirely reasonable for India to produce its artificial intelligence. It is not advisable to import intelligence by exporting data. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reacted to the development by saying, “India should not export flour to import bread.”
“We can employ intelligence to promote equality and prosperity for all people worldwide. India has the best digital connectivity infrastructure outside of the US and China, according to Ambani.
The construction will surpass all existing data centers worldwide, including Microsoft’s 600-megawatt center in Virginia, which is currently the largest operational site. With its proposed three-gigawatt capacity, it will surpass all existing data centers worldwide.
Megawatts, which indicate the quantity of electricity that can be sent to servers, cooling systems, and other equipment, are typically used to measure data centers. The industry’s current leaders, which include US and Chinese facilities, have capacities under one gigawatt. The proposed three-gigawatt data center from Reliance surpasses these standards in this regard.
AI activities are intrinsically resource-intensive due to the computational demands of training and operating large-scale machine learning models. Building such a data center would undoubtedly be an undertaking. According to reports, the project may cost anywhere from $20 billion to $30 billion.
The projected data center will reportedly use an adjacent green energy complex to power the majority of its energy needs. The complex will lessen its need for non-renewable energy sources by integrating solar, wind, and hydrogen power generation.
This move fits into a broader trend of international investments in AI infrastructure. The Stargate Project is a network of data centers that promise to build AI infrastructure in the United States. Earlier this week, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle committed over $500 billion to the project, including an upfront investment of $100 billion from OpenAI.
In addition to providing a strategic capability to safeguard the national security of the United States and its allies, OpenAI stated that the investment will “help the re-industrialization of the United States” over the following four years.