Meta's 168MW India bet bypasses US grid bottlenecks
meta partnered with reliance for a 168mw data center in gujarat to train and deploy ai models, signaling a shift as tech giants bypass grid-constrained markets for india's rapidly expanding infrastructure.
meta signed its first ai infrastructure agreement in india with reliance industries, leasing capacity for a 168-megawatt data center in jamnagar to support global ai training and deployment. the facility will run on 100% renewable energy and cooled with desalinated seawater, with meta covering all operational energy and water costs. this move deepens the tie-up that began with metas $5.7 billion investment in jio platforms, positioning reliance as a key infrastructure provider for global tech giants. as indias data center capacity is projected to quintuple to 8 gigawatts by 2030, this deal validates the countrys strategy to attract ai workloads through policy incentives and massive capacity expansions.