Meta Platforms will lease a 168 MW AI-enabled data center in India from Reliance Industries, which will build the facility in Jamnagar. The deal deepens a partnership that began with Meta's $5.7B investment in Jio Platforms in 2020. It comes amid a boom in India's data center market, which has seen $400B in AI-related investment and is supported by government tax incentives.
Meta data center lease
- ▪Reliance Industries will build the data center for Meta in Jamnagar and deliver it within two years, with an option to scale
- ▪Mark Zuckerberg stated the Jamnagar facility will help Meta scale its AI infrastructure globally and deepen its investment in India
- ▪Meta Platforms will lease a 168-megawatt, AI-enabled data center in India from Reliance Industries
Reliance-Meta partnership history
- ▪The partnership between Reliance Industries and Meta began in 2020 when Meta invested $5.7 billion in Reliance's Jio Platforms
- ▪Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani described Meta's investment as a "transformative moment for India's digital infrastructure."
- ▪In 2025, Meta and Reliance extended their collaboration with a joint venture making Meta's open-source AI models available to Indian businesses
India data center investment boom
- ▪India's data center capacity is expected to increase to 7 GW by 2030, according to a Nomura report from June 2, 2026
- ▪The Indian government announced a 20-year tax exemption for hyperscalers that use data centers in the country to serve global clients
- ▪Over the last year, $400 billion has been invested into India's AI ecosystem, primarily for data centers and energy infrastructure
Renewable energy partnerships
- ▪The renewable energy partnerships support Meta's global goal of matching all its operations with 100% clean and renewable energy
- ▪Meta is partnering with Indian firms CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy for nearly 1GW of renewable energy from projects across India
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