Weeks after cutting 8,000 jobs to fund its artificial intelligence ambitions, Meta Platforms is planting its first AI data centre in India. It's a 168-megawatt facility to be built by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries at the conglomerate's sprawling industrial campus in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
The partnership, announced on 10 June, deepens a relationship that stretches back to 2020, when Meta invested $5.7 billion (£4.5 billion) in Reliance's telecom arm Jio Platforms, CNBC reported. Reliance will design, construct, and deliver the facility within two years, with an option to expand. Meta will bear the full cost of energy and water, drawing on renewable sources and desalinated seawater for cooling.
