The Adani Group announced a major commitment to India’s artificial intelligence future. On Monday, the Indian conglomerate stated it will invest $100 billion over the next decade to construct AI-specialized data centers across the country. This move highlights India’s ambition to secure a significant role in the global AI race.
This investment, extending through 2035, is dedicated to building data centers powered by renewable energy and designed specifically for AI workloads. The company believes this plan will catalyze an additional $150 billion in related investments, ultimately fostering a $250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem in India over the coming ten years.
Adani’s massive commitment arrives amid skyrocketing global investments in AI infrastructure. Companies are increasingly looking beyond the United States for computing power, energy, and favorable regulations. India, with its rapidly expanding digital economy and growing renewable energy capacity, has emerged as a major destination for data centers and AI-related infrastructure in recent years.
The announcement coincides with the ongoing AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week. The event has gathered leaders from top global AI companies, including OpenAI, Nvidia, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google, who are meeting with Indian policymakers and industry executives.
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani described the plan as a long-term bet on the convergence of energy and computing. He stated, “India will not be a mere consumer in the AI age,” adding that the group aims to help build a domestic AI infrastructure base.
The plan involves building upon Adani’s existing data-center platform and its partnerships with companies like Google and Microsoft. The conglomerate is already developing large-scale AI data-center campuses in Visakhapatnam and Noida, with additional facilities planned for Hyderabad and Pune. An expanded partnership with Walmart-owned Flipkart will also focus on another AI data center.
Adani said the broader vision calls for deploying up to 5 gigawatts of data-center capacity. The facilities will be developed as a unified system designed to scale power generation and processing capacity in parallel.
This effort builds on AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and U.S.-based EdgeConneX. The joint venture has already developed approximately 2 gigawatts of data-center capacity across India.
Central to the strategy is Adani’s renewable-energy portfolio, which will supply carbon-neutral power to the data centers. The group highlighted its massive 30-gigawatt Khavda renewable project in western India, over 10 gigawatts of which is already operational. Adani plans to invest an additional $55 billion to expand renewable generation and battery energy storage in the coming years.
To reduce exposure to global supply-chain disruptions, Adani also plans to co-invest in domestic manufacturing of critical components, such as transformers, power electronics, and thermal management systems.
Adani did not respond to questions regarding how much of the $100 billion is already committed capital, the phasing of the spending over the years, or when the first large-scale AI workloads are expected to become operational.