Adani Group Commits USD 100 Bn to Sovereign AI Infrastructure

The Adani Group on Tuesday announced a massive investment of USD 100 billion to build renewable energy-powered, AI-ready data centres across India by 2035, marking one of the world’s largest integrated energy and computing infrastructure commitments.

The conglomerate said the investment will help create a sovereign AI infrastructure platform powered by green energy, positioning India as a global leader in artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure. The initiative is also expected to catalyse an additional USD 150 billion in investments across related sectors such as server manufacturing, cloud services, advanced electrical infrastructure and technology supply chains over the next decade. Together, the total AI ecosystem investment could reach USD 250 billion by 2035.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said the world is entering an intelligence revolution that will reshape global economies, and India is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation. He said the group is building capabilities across the full AI infrastructure stack, including energy, data centres and compute capacity, to ensure India becomes a creator and exporter of AI technologies rather than just a consumer.

The investment builds on AdaniConneX’s existing national data centre platform, which currently has a capacity of 2 gigawatts and is planned to expand to 5 gigawatts. This expansion includes strategic partnerships with global technology companies. The group is working with Google to establish a large AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam and has additional collaborations with Microsoft in Hyderabad and Pune. It is also strengthening its partnership with Flipkart to develop a second high-performance AI data centre to support digital commerce and AI workloads.

According to the company, the new infrastructure will integrate renewable energy generation, power transmission and hyperscale computing into a single ecosystem. The facilities will support next-generation AI workloads and high-density computing clusters using advanced cooling systems and efficient power architecture. Dedicated computing capacity will also be reserved for Indian startups, research institutions and developers working on large language models and deep-tech innovation.

The Adani Group said its renewable energy arm will play a critical role in powering the data centres. The company’s Khavda renewable energy project in Gujarat, with a planned capacity of 30 gigawatts, is expected to provide a significant portion of the required clean energy. The group also plans to invest an additional USD 55 billion to expand its renewable energy portfolio and battery storage capacity.

To strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce dependence on imports, the group plans to co-invest in manufacturing of key infrastructure components such as transformers, power electronics, grid systems and cooling solutions. This move is expected to support India’s ambitions to become a global hub for AI infrastructure manufacturing.

The company also announced initiatives to develop talent and skills in AI infrastructure. It plans to collaborate with academic institutions to launch specialised engineering programmes, AI research labs and fellowship programmes aimed at building a skilled workforce for the future.

The Adani Group said the initiative aligns with national priorities, including digital sovereignty and infrastructure modernisation. It added that global technology companies and partners are being invited to participate in building India’s next-generation AI infrastructure platform.

The investment marks one of the largest commitments by an Indian company in the AI and digital infrastructure space and highlights the growing importance of artificial intelligence in shaping the country’s economic and technological future.