Meta ties up with Reliance for AI data centre in India
Meta said it has partnered with Reliance Industries for its first AI-enabled data center in India. Reliance will build a 168 MW facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which Meta will lease with options to expand, according to a company statement. Meta cited India’s user base and digital growth. IMARC projects India’s data center market could reach $13.11 billion by 2034.

New India AI data-center lease arrangement with scaling options supports Meta’s AI capex/infrastructure narrative.
Meta will lease Reliance-built 168 MW AI data center in Jamnagar, expanding its India AI infrastructure footprint.
Moderate positive bias for META on deal/infrastructure read-through; magnitude likely limited absent disclosed financial terms.
Background
Meta and Reliance previously formed a JV (Aug 2025) to build AI platforms/tools for enterprises in India using Meta’s Llama models.
Why it matters
The new disclosure is a specific infrastructure commitment: a 168 MW AI-enabled data center in Jamnagar that Meta will lease, with options to scale.
Market relevance
A concrete AI data-center lease deal in India expands Meta’s AI infrastructure exposure and reinforces India’s growing AI workload demand.
Market effects
Reinforces demand signals for AI data-center buildouts in India and may support regional infrastructure/colocation sentiment.
Highlights India as a near-term AI compute build destination, potentially influencing investor focus on Indian data-center supply chains.
Adds another large-cap AI infrastructure footprint outside the US/EU, supporting the broader global AI capex theme.
Alternative perspectives
Without disclosed economics (lease price, capex responsibility, timeline), the market may treat this as incremental rather than earnings-material.
Key sensitivities are whether scaling options translate into contracted capacity, and how quickly power/land permitting and AI workload ramp occur in Jamnagar.
Key entities
- companyMeta
Facebook-parent Meta, leasing Reliance-built AI data-center capacity in India.
- companyReliance Industries
Reliance will build the 168 MW AI data center in Jamnagar and lease it to Meta.
- personMukesh Ambani
Indian billionaire associated with Reliance, referenced as the deal’s sponsor.





