New Delhi
Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that Reliance Industries and Jio will together invest up to Rs 10 lakh crore in artificial intelligence over the next seven years, marking one of India’s largest private sector commitments to emerging technology.
Addressing global leaders at the India AI Impact Summit, Ambani described the investment as patient, disciplined, nation-building capital aimed at creating durable economic value and long-term strategic resilience rather than chasing valuations. He emphasised that the primary constraint in AI development today is not talent but the scarcity and high cost of computing power.
To address this challenge, Ambani announced that Jio Intelligence will build India’s sovereign compute infrastructure through three major initiatives. The first involves establishing gigawatt-scale, AI-ready data centres. Construction has already begun on multi-gigawatt facilities in Jamnagar, with over 120 MW expected to come online in the second half of 2026. The project is designed to create a clear pathway toward gigawatt-scale compute capacity for AI model training and large-scale inference.
The second initiative leverages Reliance’s green energy advantage, with up to 10 GW of surplus renewable power anchored by solar installations in Kutch and Andhra Pradesh. This integration of clean energy is expected to ensure cost efficiency and sustainability in powering AI infrastructure.
The third initiative focuses on nationwide edge computing deeply integrated with Jio’s telecom network. Ambani said this approach would deliver low-latency, affordable AI capabilities close to where Indians live and work. From kirana stores to clinics, from classrooms to farms — intelligence will live at the edge, he noted, adding that making compute infrastructure ubiquitous would unlock widespread innovation.
Jio Intelligence will prioritise deep-tech and advanced manufacturing while extending AI solutions to agriculture, small businesses, and the informal sector. Ambani stressed that multilingual AI across all Indian languages would be a core objective to promote inclusion.
He further assured that responsibility, security, data residency, and trust would remain central commitments, asserting that AI would create high-skill jobs and strengthen India’s innovation ecosystem rather than displace employment.
