AHMEDABAD: Adani Group announced a $100 billion commitment to build renewable-energy-powered AI data centers across India by 2035, positioning the country as a major player in global AI infrastructure.
The investment aims to expand the conglomerate’s existing 2-gigawatt data center capacity to 5 gigawatts and establish what Adani describes as the world’s largest integrated data center platform. The company expects the initiative to catalyze an additional $150 billion in related investments, creating a $250 billion AI ecosystem in India over the next decade.
Central to the strategy is Adani’s renewable energy portfolio, anchored by the 30-gigawatt Khavda project in Gujarat, of which more than 10 gigawatts is already operational. The company plans an additional $55 billion investment to expand renewable generation and battery storage systems, ensuring carbon-neutral power supply for the data centers.
Adani will also co-invest in domestic manufacturing of critical components including transformers, power electronics, and thermal management systems to reduce exposure to global supply-chain disruptions.
The conglomerate is developing large-scale AI data center campuses in Visakhapatnam and Noida through a partnership with Google, which separately committed $15 billion over five years to build AI infrastructure in India.
Additional facilities are planned in Hyderabad and Pune in collaboration with Microsoft. An expanded partnership with Walmart-owned Flipkart will focus on a second purpose-built AI data center for e-commerce and high-performance computing workloads. Adani said it is in discussions with other global technology firms to establish further campuses.
Adani Enterprises shares closed 2.7 percent higher in Mumbai following the announcement, making it one of the top gainers on the benchmark Nifty 50 index. The company will reserve a portion of GPU capacity for Indian AI startups, research institutions, and deep-technology innovators to support data sovereignty initiatives.
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