Digital Connexion, a joint venture backed by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management, and US-based Digital Realty Trust, is preparing a major push into India’s fast-growing AI infrastructure market. The company has announced plans to invest US$11 billion by 2030 to build a 1GW artificial intelligence-native data center campus in Visakhapatnam, located in Andhra Pradesh.
The proposed Visakhapatnam facility is envisioned as a next-generation data center campus designed specifically to support AI workloads. That matters because AI computing demands far more power and specialized infrastructure than traditional cloud services, especially for training large models and running high-performance inference at scale. Positioning the project as “AI-native” signals a focus on modern requirements such as dense computing environments, advanced cooling, high availability, and massive capacity for enterprise and hyperscale customers.
A 1GW data center campus is a headline-grabbing figure in any market, and it underscores how quickly AI data center demand is accelerating. For India, the investment highlights a broader shift: global and domestic players are racing to expand digital infrastructure to support AI adoption, cloud growth, and data localization needs. Visakhapatnam’s emergence as the chosen location also draws attention to Andhra Pradesh’s potential role in hosting large-scale technology and energy-intensive developments.
With construction and expansion expected to progress through 2030, the investment could become one of the most significant AI-focused data center initiatives announced in the region. If delivered as planned, the campus would strengthen India’s ability to host advanced AI computing locally, supporting businesses that need scalable, high-performance infrastructure for everything from enterprise AI tools to research and next-generation digital services.
