The announcements came on the opening day of the CII Partnership Summit 2025 in Visakhapatnam, where the state government and the company signed an MoU in the presence of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, IT & Industries Minister Nara Lokesh, and Reliance Executive Director PMS Prasad.
According to Reliance, the proposed AI data centre will be a “fully modular, future-ready” facility capable of hosting advanced GPUs, TPUs and AI processors.
It is planned as a twin to the company’s gigawatt-scale data centre in Jamnagar. The company said it intends to deliver AI tools to “students, farmers, entrepreneurs and families” through its MyJio platform.
To power the data centre, Reliance will develop a 6 GWp solar project within the state. The company did not specify timelines for either project.
RIL also announced a Greenfield integrated food park in Kurnool. Spread across 170 acres allotted by the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC), the facility will produce packaged drinking water, beverages, chocolates, snacks, atta and other processed products.
The company expects the project to create several thousand jobs, though detailed estimates were not shared.
In addition, Reliance plans to set up integrated compressed biogas (CBG) hubs aimed at supporting natural farming and improving soil health. The company said it began work on its first CBG plant in Prakasam district in April.
The company noted that it has already invested more than $25 billion in Andhra Pradesh across oil & gas, digital services and retail, and continues to operate key assets in Kakinada.
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