RIL JV, L&T lead $13.5bn data centre investment surge, Vizag a key location

Hyderabad: India’s data-infrastructure buildout hit a $13.5-billion inflection point on Wednesday, with a Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) joint venture and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announcing large-scale investments in data centres, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

The announcements marked one of the largest single-day commitments to India’s digital capacity, pushing total announcements this year to nearly $60 billion.