Adani to invest $100 billion in AI-ready data centres powered by renewables

Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Group on Tuesday announced an investment of $100 billion to develop renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035, in one of the world’s largest integrated energy-compute commitments.

The investment is expected to catalyse an additional $150 billion across server manufacturing, advanced electrical infrastructure and sovereign cloud platforms over the next decade, creating a USD 250 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure ecosystem in India, the group said in a statement.

“The world is entering an Intelligence Revolution more profound than any previous Industrial Revolution,” Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said.

“Nations that master the symmetry between energy and compute will shape the next decade. India is uniquely positioned to lead… India will not be a mere consumer in the AI age. We will be the creators, the builders and the exporters of intelligence,” he added.

5 GW data centre platform

The investment will expand the group’s data centre arm, AdaniConnex, from its existing 2 gigawatt (GW) national platform toward a 5 GW target, creating what it described as the world’s largest integrated data centre platform combining renewable power, transmission infrastructure and hyperscale AI compute.

The company said it has partnered with Google to build a gigawatt-scale AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam and additional campuses in Noida, and with Microsoft for facilities in Hyderabad and Pune.

It is also expanding its collaboration with Flipkart to develop a second high-performance AI data centre to support the retailer’s computing and AI workloads.

The planned facilities will be designed for high-density compute clusters and next-generation AI applications, using advanced liquid cooling systems and high-efficiency power architecture, the group said.

A portion of GPU capacity will be reserved for Indian startups, research institutions and developers working on large language models (LLMs).

Renewable energy backbone

The AI infrastructure push will be backed by Adani’s renewable energy portfolio, including Adani Green Energy’s 30 GW Khavda renewable energy project in Gujarat, of which more than 10 GW is operational, the group said.

It also plans to invest an additional $55 billion to expand its renewables capacity, including battery energy storage systems.

The conglomerate also plans to co-invest in domestic manufacturing of critical components such as transformers, power electronics and grid systems to reduce supply-chain risks and support India’s self-reliance goals.