Reliance Industries plans to invest ₹1.6 lakh crore (about $17 billion) to build a 1.5 GW data centre cluster in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the largest such investment in India to date. The Andhra Pradesh Investment Promotion Committee approved the plan at a meeting on April 25. RIL has requested 935 acres for the project, plus 1 acre for a cable landing station and 80 acres for a desalination plant. The build-out runs in two phases. Phase one covers 500 MW capacity at Poliapalli village, expected to go live by October 2028, using 300 acres. Phase two adds 1 GW at Bhogapuram East and West near Visakhapatnam airport by 2030. Of the total spend, ₹1.08 lakh crore goes to the data centre cluster and ₹51,300 crore to a captive renewable energy project cleared alongside it. That solar setup will carry 9,000 MW-peak of DC panel capacity, capped at 6,000 MW of AC output. This sits within RIL's broader ₹10 lakh crore AI infrastructure commitment announced by CMD Mukesh Ambani at the India AI Impact Summit. Visakhapatnam is already attracting major data centre bets, Google has announced a $15 billion gigawatt-scale centre in the same city, while Sify, Anant Raj Cloud, RMZ, and Tillman Global Holdings have also signed up for capacity there. Andhra Pradesh is targeting a total 6 GW of data centre capacity across these projects.
Apple has raised MacBook and iPad prices in India by 20% to 42%, citing a sharp surge in memory chip costs driven by AI data centre demand. Micron, the leading memory supplier, reported 86% gross margins, confirming that supply pressures have fundamentally shifted component pricing across the consumer electronics
India's central government will take a 1-2% stake in AI unicorn Sarvam once its $300 million funding round closes, converting compute subsidies provided under the IndiaAI Mission into equity. The move sets a precedent for how the government accounts for public support given to homegrown AI startups.
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, featuring a redesigned Siri as a standalone app with chat history, apps launching up to 30 percent faster, and a refined Liquid Glass interface. A developer preview is live now, with public release expected around September 2026.
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote unveiled a fully redesigned Siri and confirmed iOS 27 alongside updates for iPadOS, visionOS, watchOS, and macOS. The Siri overhaul is the most strategically significant move, targeting a competitive gap with Google and Microsoft in AI assistants.
