Meta partners with Reliance on first AI-enabled India data center

Reliance will build a 168 MW facility in Gujarat for Meta to lease, with room to expand capacity over time.

Summary

Meta has partnered with Reliance for its first AI-enabled data center in India, marking a push to expand computing infrastructure in one of its key growth markets. Reliance will build the 168 MW facility in Gujarat, while Meta will lease the site and retain options to scale capacity further. The arrangement points to rising demand for large data centers built to support AI workloads, which typically require substantial power and long-term infrastructure commitments.

Terms & Concepts
  • AI-enabled data center: Data facility designed for artificial intelligence computing workloads
  • MW: Megawatts, a unit of power capacity
  • lease: Contract to use property for payment over time