Reliance is going all-in on AI with a ₹10 lakh crore war chest over seven years, as revealed by chairman Mukesh Ambani at New Delhi’s India AI Impact Summit 2026. This strategic infusion promises enduring economic muscle and national resilience, not fleeting hype.
Pinpointing compute deficits and costs as prime barriers, Ambani detailed Jio Intelligence’s blueprint for sovereign AI infrastructure via three pillars.
Pillar one: Gigawatt-class data centers kicking off in Jamnagar. A 120+ MW powerhouse launches H2 2026, teeing up unprecedented computing scale for model training and real-world applications.
Pillar two: A robust 10 GW green energy surplus from solar farms in Kutch and Andhra Pradesh, greening India’s AI ambitions.
Pillar three: Nationwide edge computing woven into Jio’s fabric, delivering proximate, responsive, economical AI to homes, schools, and workplaces.
Target sectors span deep-tech, manufacturing, and beyond—agri, SMEs, informal economy. Jio Intelligence prioritizes output amplification over chatty interfaces.
Multilingual AI supremacy awaits, bridging languages for farmers, craftspeople, and learners. ‘This is inclusion incarnate,’ Ambani stressed.
On employment: Reliance vows to showcase AI as a job multiplier, especially high-skill roles, debunking displacement myths.
Ecosystem trumps isolated models in today’s AI arena. Expect alliances with enterprises, startups, academia like IITs and IISc, targeting manufacturing to healthcare integrations.
Startups score subsidized compute and dev tools. Horizons include paradigm shifts in compute design, base models, energy optimization—conceived in India, fueled by its brains, guided by its ethos, scaled globally.