Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Adani Group has announced a $100 billion investment to build renewable energy-powered, AI-ready data centres across India by 2035, marking one of the world’s largest integrated energy-and-compute commitments.
The conglomerate said the decade-long programme will expand its national data centre capacity to 5 gigawatts, creating what it described as the world’s largest integrated data centre platform. The initiative is designed to link green power generation, transmission infrastructure and hyper-scale AI computing within a unified architecture.
In a statement, the group said the investment is expected to catalyse an additional $150 billion across server manufacturing, advanced electrical infrastructure and sovereign cloud services, potentially creating a $250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem over the next decade.
Chairman Gautam Adani framed the move as a strategic bet on technological self-reliance. “The world is entering an intelligence revolution more profound than any previous industrial revolution,” he said. “Nations that master the symmetry between energy and compute will shape the next decade.”
The roadmap builds on AdaniConnex’s existing 2 gw data centre platform and includes plans to establish a gigawatt-scale AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam in partnership with Google. Additional campuses are planned in Noida, while Microsoft-linked facilities span Hyderabad and Pune. The group is also expanding its collaboration with Flipkart to develop a second high-performance AI data centre.
Chairman Gautam Adani framed the move as a strategic bet on technological self-reliance. “The world is entering an intelligence revolution more profound than any previous industrial revolution,” he said. “Nations that master the symmetry between energy and compute will shape the next decade.”
The company said the facilities will be optimised for high-density AI workloads, incorporating advanced liquid cooling systems and high-efficiency power systems. Dedicated compute capacity will be reserved for Indian large language models and national data initiatives, reinforcing data sovereignty objectives.
Energy supply will be anchored by Adani Green Energy’s renewable portfolio, including the 30 gw Khavda project, more than 10 gw of which is already operational. The group has separately committed to investing $55 billion to expand its renewable capacity and battery energy storage systems.
Beyond infrastructure, Adani plans to co-invest in domestic manufacturing of critical components such as transformers, power electronics and grid systems to reduce supply-chain risk and strengthen local capability.
The initiative also includes partnerships with academic institutions to develop specialised AI infrastructure engineering programmes and research labs, as the group seeks to address skill shortages in high-performance computing and energy management.
The scale of the commitment reflects intensifying competition to build national AI capacity as global technology companies race to secure computing power and energy supply. Execution, funding structure and regulatory clearances will determine how quickly the project translates from ambition to operational capacity.
If delivered as outlined, the programme would position India as a significant player in the global AI infrastructure landscape, combining renewable energy scale with domestic compute capacity in an increasingly energy-intensive digital economy.
