Reliance, Brookfield, and Digital Realty's joint venture Digital Connexion plans to invest $11B by 2030 to build a 1 GW data center in India's Visakhapatnam
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Context & Ripple Effects
India's data-center buildout was already projected to add up to 850 MW by the end of 2026, and Digital Connexion's plan materially extends that trajectory. The project also follows Google's planned 1 GW cluster near Visakhapatnam, making the city a focal point for large-scale capacity commitments.
The partnership combines Reliance's local position with Brookfield and Digital Realty's infrastructure ownership and operating experience. Its scale makes financing and execution—not merely site acquisition—the central question.
First-order effects
- Digital Connexion commits its three owners to a long-duration $11B construction program targeting 1 GW of capacity in Visakhapatnam by 2030.
- Visakhapatnam gains another planned hyperscale-scale campus, alongside Google's announced 1 GW development, increasing the immediate importance of local power, network and construction delivery.
Second-order effects
- Competing operators and cloud customers evaluating Indian capacity face a more concentrated pipeline in one location, which can intensify competition for suitable sites, power connections and build partners.
- Brookfield and Digital Realty gain a large Indian development vehicle, while Reliance can deepen its role in the infrastructure layer serving digital workloads rather than only connectivity and consumer services.
Third-order effects
- If these projects are delivered, India's market shifts from incremental capacity additions toward a smaller number of capital-intensive, gigawatt-scale campuses backed by infrastructure investors and strategic local partners.
- The pattern raises the value of reliable power, network access and delivery capability; those constraints may determine which announced capacity converts into operating facilities.
The trend: India's data-center expansion is moving toward gigawatt-scale, jointly financed campuses in emerging regional hubs.