Mukesh Ambani Announces Reliance $110 Billion AI Investment in New Delhi and Jamnagar

Mukesh Ambani announced in New Delhi that Reliance will invest 110 milliards de dollars over the next seven years in artificial intelligence and advanced computing, as part of a World Summit on AI.

“Mumbai Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Friday laid out the conglomerate’s long-term roadmap focused on artificial intelligence and clean energy, describing the two sectors as essential to India’s aspiration of becoming a developed nation”

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Ambani said the plan includes building a giant data center with an announced capacity of 120 megawatts, with electricity supplied by solar power, and a network of advanced computing centers.

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The investment is tied to Reliance Intelligence and a data-center push in Jamnagar, a coastal city in the state of Gujarat, where the company said it will build a gigavatios data center.

Forbes Argentina reported that Reliance Industries, controlled by Ambani, signed agreements with Meta and Google to develop artificial intelligence platforms in India, while Reliance Jio prepares for a mega IPO in 2026.

At Reliance’s 49th AGM, Akash Ambani said Reliance Intelligence is building what he described as India’s sovereign AI backbone, while Jio showcased AI-powered products ranging from a call assistant to an AI operating system for homes.

The Economic Times said users can activate the assistant by saying "Hey Jio" during a phone call without downloading a separate application, and it can transcribe calls and generate summaries, reminders and action items.

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Rediff reported that Ambani urged Indian engineers to join forces to "build for India" as Reliance Intelligence enters the next phase, of execution, and he said India must become a creator, adopter, and global leader in AI.

Zamin.uz said Reliance introduced a new assistant called Jio Call Agent that can join phone conversations directly, convert speech to text, prepare summaries, and order a taxi or food delivery, and it said the service can be activated via the “Hey Jio” command.

Reliance’s AI strategy is presented as partnership-led, with Ambani saying Reliance has begun building the right partnerships with Google, Meta, and NVIDIA and is now entering the next phase, execution.

“Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Friday outlined the conglomerate's ambitious vision to position India as a global leader in artificial intelligence while advancing energy self-sufficiency through its new energy initiatives, describing both sectors as critical pillars of the country's journey towards becoming a developed nation”

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The Economic Times said all services are being built to operate across 22 Indian languages, and it quoted Ambani saying "Unlike global AI platforms that build in English and translate later, Jio is building AI natively in Indian languages."

In Jamnagar, Reliance said its data center will be powered by renewable energy generated from Reliance's Kutch energy complex, and it said Google AI Pro powered by Gemini would be available free of cost to Jio users.

TradingView reported that Ambani said, "Ce n'est pas un investissement spéculatif (...) il s'agit d'un effort patient, réfléchi et national" and added that he would not provide other details about the project.