Meta Leases Data Center Capacity from Reliance in India for AI Development

Meta leases data center capacity from Reliance in India for AI development.

Meta Corporation has signed an agreement with conglomerate Reliance Industries to lease computing capacity at a new artificial intelligence data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.

Initially, the facility will have a capacity of 168 MW. Reliance will manage the entire process, from design and construction to providing renewable energy, connectivity, and operations. Meta will lease this capacity with the option for future expansion.

The site is planned to be powered by renewable energy, and desalinated seawater will be used for cooling the equipment. Meta will cover all electricity and water supply costs for its operations at the data center independently.

The facility could be operational within two years. Mark Zuckerberg’s company aims to integrate it into its global AI infrastructure to serve one of the fastest-growing markets.

Simultaneously, Meta announced contracts for nearly 1 GW of new renewable energy capacity in India through partnerships with CleanMax and Fourth Partner Energy. These volumes are intended to supplement the energy supply for the Jamnagar site.

The deal deepens the companies’ long-standing partnership. In 2020, Meta invested $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, after which the parties expanded their collaboration into digital services and corporate artificial intelligence.

In April 2026, Meta began collecting data on employee actions to train AI agents.