Digital Connexion, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Brookfield Infrastructure, and Digital Realty, has announced a major expansion plan in Andhra Pradesh, committing nearly USD 11 billion (about Rs 98,000 crore) to build 1 gigawatt of data centre capacity by 2030. The company has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board to develop a 400-acre AI-native data centre campus in Visakhapatnam. Construction is expected to take place over the next five years.
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According to the company, the proposed facility will be capable of consuming up to 1,000 megawatts of power at peak load—almost half of Mumbai’s annual electricity usage. The campus will be designed to support high-density, AI-driven workloads for hyperscalers and large enterprises.
This announcement comes as Andhra Pradesh rapidly emerges as a strategic destination for digital infrastructure. Global technology companies have been stepping up their presence in the state: Google recently committed USD 15 billion for an AI hub in Visakhapatnam, while Amazon plans to invest USD 12.7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in India by 2030. OpenAI is also preparing to build a 1-gigawatt data centre in the region.
Digital Connexion’s upcoming campus will add to its existing footprint in Chennai, where it launched its first data centre campus in January 2024 with a capacity of up to 100 megawatts of critical IT load. Another campus, with 40 megawatts of planned capacity, is currently under development in Chandivali, Mumbai. Both locations offer carrier-neutral connectivity built for low-latency operations.
The expansion comes at a time when India’s data centre market is growing at record pace. Industry analysts expect the market to exceed USD 100 billion by 2027. A recent CBRE report highlighted that India has attracted close to USD 94 billion in data centre commitments since 2019, including USD 30 billion in the first nine months of the current year alone—pushing total installed capacity beyond 1.5 gigawatts.
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In its statement, Digital Connexion said its facilities are engineered to support seamless AI workloads with advanced substations, redundant power feeds, and high rack densities needed to power the next wave of computing.
Formed in December 2023, the Digital Connexion joint venture aims to build world-class, scalable data centre solutions that can meet India’s rising demand for hyperscale and AI-ready infrastructure.
