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Reliance, along with its US and Canada-based partners under The Digital Connexion joint venture, is set to build an $11-billion AI data centre in Andhra Pradesh
The deets: the investment will last five years and is a collaboration between India-based Reliance, Canada-based Brookfield, and US-based Digital Realty.
The centre will be established in the capital city of Vishakhapattanam and will have a capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW).
For context, 1 GW can power 6 - 8 million Indian homes, or 10 hyperscale data centres, or an entire national telecom network, or 3 - 4 metro systems at once.
FYI: the announcement coincides with L&T’s pledge to invest $2.5 billion in constructing five data centres, including a Visakhapatnam facility, with a combined capacity of at least 300 MW.
Big picture: the move is part of a broader wave of big-ticket plans in Andhra Pradesh, driven by the government’s push to attract foreign investment in real estate, renewable energy, and emerging technologies like quantum computing.
So far, the state has drawn $26 billion in commitments for AI-based projects, with capacity expected to hit 2 GW by 2031
What’s in it for other parties: with this investment, Reliance positions itself to compete with global tech leaders like Google and Anthropic, both of which are planning their own data centres in the region.
Meanwhile, Brookfield and Digital Realty gain access to India’s vast and rapidly growing market, projected to reach 900 million internet users by year-end
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