Reliance unveils $110B AI investment plan as India ramps up tech ambitions

Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire chairperson of Indian conglomerate Reliance, on Thursday detailed the group’s ₹10 trillion (roughly $110 billion) plan to build AI computing infrastructure across India over the next seven years.

Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Thursday, Ambani said the investment will go toward gigawatt-scale data centres, a nationwide edge computing network, and new AI services integrated with Reliance’s Jio telecom platform.

Ambani said Reliance has already started building multi-gigawatt data centres in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and that more than 120 megawatts of capacity is expected to come online in the second half of 2026.

His announcement adds to a rapidly growing wave of AI investment in India. Earlier this week, Adani Group announced plans to invest about $100 billion to develop AI data centres in the country, and the Indian government has said it expects more than $200 billion in AI infrastructure spending over the next two years.

Global technology firms are also expanding in India. OpenAI, for example, has partnered with the Tata Group to develop around 100 megawatts of AI capacity locally, with plans to scale the build-out to 1 gigawatt over time.

Ambani framed the effort as crucial for India’s technological self-reliance, saying the country “cannot afford to rent intelligence,” and arguing that Reliance intends to reduce the cost of AI services as dramatically as it previously brought down mobile data prices in India.

“The biggest constraint in AI today is not talent or imagination,” Ambani said. “It isthe  scarcity and high cost of computing.”

Ambani said the expansion will be backed by Reliance’s green energy capacity, including what he described as 10 gigawatts of surplus solar power from projects in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.

Reliance will work with Indian enterprises, startups, and academic institutions to embed AI across sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, healthcare, and financial services.

Jio has already pursued major AI partnerships. Ambani noted that the telecom unit last year reached a deal with Google to provide free access to Gemini AI Pro to millions of users in India.

Reliance also plans to develop AI in multiple Indian languages to encourage broader adoption of the technology, Ambani said.

The initiative underlines how India’s biggest conglomerates are moving quickly to secure an early position in what is expected to become one of the country’s largest technology opportunities.