Meta Platforms & Reliance Industries — Jio

Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms>>> is leasing a 168 MW AI-enabled data center from Reliance Industries>>> in India to scale its global AI infrastructure and deepen its investment in India's economy. This move supports its core business and AI compute needs.

Reliance Industries — Jio: Reliance Industries — Jio>>>'s extensive fiber network and submarine cable landing stations provide crucial connectivity for the new data center, leveraging existing infrastructure to support the partnership between Meta Platforms>>> and Reliance Industries>>>.

Meta Platforms: Existing investor in Reliance Industries — Jio; may participate in IPO.

Reliance Industries — Jio: Central entity; undergoing leadership change and preparing for a major IPO, aiming to raise $4 billion.

Meta Platforms: Meta Platforms has a minority stake in Reliance Industries — Jio, a digital arm of Reliance Industries. Pavel Durov's allegations link Meta Platforms through its ownership of Meta Platforms — WhatsApp and its stake in Reliance Industries — Jio to the alleged lobbying against Telegram.

Reliance Industries — Jio: Reliance Industries — Jio, the digital arm of Reliance Industries, has a minority stake held by Meta Platforms. Industry sources clarify that Reliance Industries — Jio is a separate entity from Reliance Communications and not involved in the alleged sabotage.

Reliance Industries — Jio: Reliance Industries — Jio denied allegations of BGP hijacking and intentional disruption of Telegram access, aiming to protect its reputation and operational integrity.