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Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani announced at a major summit that Jio, together with the Reliance Group, will invest ten lakh crore rupees — approximately $110 billion — in AI infrastructure over the next seven years, beginning immediately. Framing the commitment as “patient, disciplined, nation-building capital” rather than speculative investment, Ambani outlined three concrete initiatives under the Jio Intelligence banner.
First, gigawatt-scale AI-ready datacenters are already under construction at Jamnagar, with over 120 megawatts set to come online in the second half of 2026 and a stated path toward gigawatt-scale compute for both training and large-scale inference. Second, Jio will leverage an in-house green energy advantage of up to 10 gigawatts of solar capacity across sites in Kutch and Andhra Pradesh to power the buildout. Third, an edge compute layer integrated directly into Jio’s existing telecom network will bring low-latency AI capabilities to local communities — from kirana stores and clinics to classrooms and farms.
Ambani emphasized that India “cannot afford to rent intelligence,” positioning Jio’s sovereign compute infrastructure as a strategic imperative to reduce the cost of AI as dramatically as Jio previously reduced the cost of mobile data for its more than 500 million subscribers. The announcement positions Reliance as a central player in India’s AI infrastructure race alongside international hyperscalers.
📺 Source: Bloomberg Technology · Published February 19, 2026
🏷️ Format: Keynote Launch
