Reliance set to invest nearly ₹2 lakh crore to set up India’s largest data centre cluster in Andhra: Report
Reliance has sought 935 acres for the data centre cluster, including 300 acres for the first phase and 635 acres for the second phase.
- Apr 28, 2026,
- Updated Apr 28, 2026 9:00 AM IST
Reliance Industries is reportedly set to invest ₹1.6 lakh crore, or more than $17 billion, to build a 1.5-gigawatt data centre cluster and a captive solar battery storage system in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The project is expected to become India’s largest data centre cluster, surpassing Google’s 1-GW project in the same region, which involves an investment of $15 billion.
According to a report in The Economic Times, the Andhra Pradesh Investment Promotion Committee approved the investment at a meeting held last Saturday. Reliance plans to develop a giga-scale artificial intelligence data centre cluster in three phases near Visakhapatnam’s new airport at Bhogapuram, it said.
Reliance has sought 935 acres for the data centre cluster, including 300 acres for the first phase and 635 acres for the second phase, and also requested 1 acre for a cable landing station and 80 acres for a desalination plant, the report added.
In the first phase, the company will set up a 500 MW data centre at Polipalli village, with commercial production expected to begin by October 2028. In the second phase, an additional 1 GW of capacity will be developed at Bhogapuram East and West by 2030. The entire cluster will be located in the Bhogapuram area.
Visakhapatnam is attracting a series of data centre investments including Google, Sify along with Digital Connexion, and Anant Raj Cloud.
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Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh said last year that the state was targeting a hosting capacity of 6 GW. Under its Data Centre Policy 4.0, the state offers incentives including 100 per cent reimbursement of state GST on capital goods, a 10 per cent capital subsidy on machinery, and deemed distribution licences for direct energy procurement for projects with capacity of at least 300 MW.
Reliance has proposed to invest about ₹1.08 lakh crore in the data centre cluster and ₹51,300 crore in the linked renewable energy project. The State Investment Promotion Committee has also cleared a solar project with a total direct current panel capacity of 9,000 MW-peak, which can generate a maximum of 6,600 MW of alternating current.
Reliance Industries is reportedly set to invest ₹1.6 lakh crore, or more than $17 billion, to build a 1.5-gigawatt data centre cluster and a captive solar battery storage system in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The project is expected to become India’s largest data centre cluster, surpassing Google’s 1-GW project in the same region, which involves an investment of $15 billion.
According to a report in The Economic Times, the Andhra Pradesh Investment Promotion Committee approved the investment at a meeting held last Saturday. Reliance plans to develop a giga-scale artificial intelligence data centre cluster in three phases near Visakhapatnam’s new airport at Bhogapuram, it said.
Reliance has sought 935 acres for the data centre cluster, including 300 acres for the first phase and 635 acres for the second phase, and also requested 1 acre for a cable landing station and 80 acres for a desalination plant, the report added.
In the first phase, the company will set up a 500 MW data centre at Polipalli village, with commercial production expected to begin by October 2028. In the second phase, an additional 1 GW of capacity will be developed at Bhogapuram East and West by 2030. The entire cluster will be located in the Bhogapuram area.
Visakhapatnam is attracting a series of data centre investments including Google, Sify along with Digital Connexion, and Anant Raj Cloud.
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Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh said last year that the state was targeting a hosting capacity of 6 GW. Under its Data Centre Policy 4.0, the state offers incentives including 100 per cent reimbursement of state GST on capital goods, a 10 per cent capital subsidy on machinery, and deemed distribution licences for direct energy procurement for projects with capacity of at least 300 MW.
Reliance has proposed to invest about ₹1.08 lakh crore in the data centre cluster and ₹51,300 crore in the linked renewable energy project. The State Investment Promotion Committee has also cleared a solar project with a total direct current panel capacity of 9,000 MW-peak, which can generate a maximum of 6,600 MW of alternating current.