Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group has signaled a massive shift in India’s technological role with a commitment to invest USD 100 billion in AI-ready data centers by 2035.
In a post on Twitter, he said, Renewable energy. Grid resilience. Hyperscale AI. A $250B intelligence ecosystem in motion. India will not follow the AI century. India will shape it.
The Adani Group on Tuesday announced plans to invest USD 100 billion to develop renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035, marking one of the world’s largest integrated energy and compute commitments.
In an official statement, the company said the initiative will establish a long-term sovereign energy and compute platform designed to position India as a global leader in the emerging Intelligence Revolution.
The investment will focus on building hyperscale data centre infrastructure powered by renewable energy to support artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and national digital infrastructure.
It stated “The Adani Group today announced one of the world’s largest integrated energy-compute commitments, a direct investment of USD 100 billion to develop renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035”.
The company stated that the USD 100 billion investment is expected to catalyse an additional USD 150 billion across server manufacturing, advanced electrical infrastructure, sovereign cloud platforms, and supporting industries by 2035.
Together, this is projected to create a USD 250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem in India over the decade.
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said, “The world is entering an Intelligence Revolution more profound than any previous Industrial Revolution. Nations that master the symmetry between energy and compute will shape the next decade. India is uniquely positioned to lead. At Adani, we are building on our foundation in data centres and green energy to expand into the complete five-layer AI stack focused on India’s technological sovereignty. India will not be a mere consumer in the AI age. We will be the creators, the builders and the exporters of intelligence and we are proud to be able to participate in that future.”
The company said the roadmap builds on AdaniConnex’s existing 2 GW national data centre infrastructure and aims to expand toward a 5 GW target.
The expansion includes partnerships with global technology companies, including Google, to establish the nation’s largest gigawatt-scale AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, along with additional campuses in Noida, and collaborations with Microsoft spanning Hyderabad and Pune.
The Group is also in discussions with other global players to establish large-scale campuses across India.
