Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani yesterday announced that the Reliance Group, along with Reliance Jio, will invest as much as Rs 10 lakh crore in artificial intelligence over the next seven years, positioning the conglomerate at the forefront of India’s AI-led transformation while aiming to generate new high-skill employment opportunities.

According to an IANS report, Ambani made the announcement during his address at the AI India Impact Summit in New Delhi yesterday, where he described the planned investment as “patient, disciplined, nation-building capital” focused on creating long-term economic value and strategic resilience rather than chasing short-term valuations.

He noted that the biggest constraint in artificial intelligence today is not talent or innovation, but the scarcity and high cost of computing power. To address this, Jio Intelligence will develop India’s sovereign compute infrastructure through three key initiatives.

The first involves building gigawatt-scale AI-ready data centres, with construction already underway in Jamnagar. More than 120 MW capacity is expected to come online in the second half of 2026, with a clear roadmap toward large-scale computing infrastructure for AI training and inference.

The second initiative focuses on leveraging the group’s green energy advantage, supported by up to 10 GW of surplus renewable power anchored by solar projects in Kutch and Andhra Pradesh. The third pillar will be a nationwide edge computing network integrated with Jio’s telecom infrastructure to deliver low-latency, responsive, and affordable AI services closer to users.

Ambani emphasised that the company aims to make artificial intelligence widely accessible across sectors, from small retail stores and farms to classrooms and healthcare facilities. He said the goal is to make intelligence as ubiquitous as connectivity, enabling innovation across industries and communities.