BENGALURU (Reuters) -Reliance Industries plans to set up a 1-gigawatt AI data center in India’s Andhra Pradesh, the state’s chief minister said on Friday, adding to infrastructure capacity in India where the likes of Google and Microsoft have made huge AI investments.

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu did not disclose financial details of the investment. Reliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Globally, companies are investing heavily to build new infrastructure to meet booming demand for AI services.

India is a critical growth market where nearly a billion users access the internet. Google last month committed to a $15 billion investment over five years to create an AI data center in Andhra Pradesh, its biggest ever investment in India. Microsoft and Amazon have a

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