Meta ties up with Ambani's Reliance for AI data center in India

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Meta ties up with Ambani's Reliance for AI data center in India

Facebook -parent Meta said on Wednesday that it has tied up with Indian ‌billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries for the US company’s first AI-enabled data center in India. Reliance will build a data center with 168 MW capacity in Jamnagar in the western ⁠Indian state of Gujarat, which Meta will lease, with options to scale, according to the statement. Meta said India’s massive user base and fast-growing digital economy make it an ideal place to invest. India’s data center market is projected to nearly double to $13.11 billion by 2034, fueled by digital transformation, ‌cloud ⁠adoption and rising AI workloads, according to consulting firm IMARC Group. In August last year, Meta and Reliance formed a joint venture to build AI platforms and ⁠tools for enterprises in India, using Meta’s Llama models. Reliance and Meta had jointly committed an initial investment ⁠of 8.55 billion rupees ($89.67 million), split 70% and 30% respectively. In 2020, Meta invested $5.7 billion in ⁠Jio Platforms, a Reliance entity.

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