Reliance JV Digital Connexion to invest $11 billion for data centre

A Reliance Industries joint venture will invest $11 billion over five years to develop 1 gigawatt of AI data capacity in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the companies and the state’s government said on Wednesday.

Canadian multinational company Brookfield Corporation and U.S.-based real estate investment trust Digital Realty are the other partners involved in the joint venture, called Digital Connexion.

The project aims to establish an AI-native data centre campus across 400 acres of land in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam city.