Reliance Industries, together with Brookfield and US-based Digital Realty, will invest $11-billion (about Rs 98,000-crore) to build a 1-gigawatt AI-native data centre campus in Andhra Pradesh through their joint venture Digital Connexion. Billed as one of the country’s largest digital infrastructure projects, the facility will come up across 400 acres in Visakhapatnam and is targeted for completion by 2030. The MoU for the investment was signed on Wednesday with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board, signalling a major scale-up in the state’s digital capabilities.
Visakhapatnam rises as India’s next AI compute hub
Digital Connexion said the upcoming data centre park will be designed for high-density AI computing workloads, equipped with advanced power infrastructure, secure and redundant power feeds, and low-latency, carrier-neutral connectivity for hyperscalers and enterprises.
The company expects the Visakhapatnam campus to play a crucial role in expanding data and compute ecosystem as demand intensifies from cloud transformation, generative AI and advanced analytics. The joint venture already operates a data centre campus in Chennai and is developing another in Mumbai’s Chandivali technology district, both positioned to support high-volume digital growth. Visakhapatnam is now being positioned as the next anchor location in Digital Connexion’s India roadmap.
The Andhra Pradesh government has assured full support for the Digital Connexion project, including assistance with land allotment, power infrastructure, connectivity, and timely clearances. State officials said the investment is expected to generate large-scale employment during both construction and operations, while boosting allied sectors and technology-led entrepreneurship.
Parallel RIL Investments
The mega announcement comes against the backdrop of another data centre commitment by Reliance Industries in the state. On November 14, RIL signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up its own standalone 1-gigawatt artificial intelligence data centre in Visakhapatnam. Finalised during the CII Partnership Summit 2025 in the presence of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, the data centre will operate as a twin to RIL’s gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure in Jamnagar, creating one of Asia’s most powerful paired AI compute networks.
The facility will adopt a modular, future-ready architecture capable of deploying high-performance GPUs and tensor processing units. To power the centre sustainably, Reliance will also build a 6-GWp solar power project in the state, which according to officials will more than double Andhra Pradesh’s current ground-mounted solar capacity and contribute over 30% of its renewable energy output.
Earlier, Google also announced a $15-billion AI hub in the state in partnership with the Adani Group and Bharti Airtel.
