The announcement comes at a time when data centre capacity in India is expected to rise exponentially as more people go online.
Reliance will initially invest about $46.2 million in units of Mercury Holdings SG Pte, which is a joint venture (JV) between Brookfield Infrastructure and US-based real estate investment trust Digital Realty.
The JV is currently building data centres in Chennai and Mumbai.
The Mukesh Ambani-owned company has committed to invest the remaining $76 million in equity and debt securities of the JV’s units, when needed.
Reliance will hold a 33.33% stake in each of the Indian units of the JV and become an equal partner, it said, adding that the venture will be branded as Digital Connexion. India’s data centres market is expected to grow 40% a year and draw $5 billion in investments by 2025 according to a report from investment bank Avendus Capital.
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Indian data centre space is also heating up with Reliance’s entry as Adani Enterprises’ JV had already raised $213 million to fund under-construction data centres.
