During the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which ran from February 16 to February 20, the Adani Group unveiled a monumental investment strategy for AI-ready data center infrastructure. The company plans to inject $100 billion (approximately Rs. 9,07,300 crore) into developing hyperscale data centers powered entirely by renewable energy by 2035. This ambitious decade-long project is a significant step in India’s broader mission to establish a robust domestic AI infrastructure.
Adani Group Forges Key Partnerships for Advanced AI Data Center Initiatives
In a recent announcement, the company reiterated that this substantial investment will significantly boost its data center capacity, establishing a sovereign energy and compute platform for India. The group estimates that this initiative could stimulate an additional $150 billion (around Rs. 13,61,100 crore) in related investments by 2035, covering critical sectors like server manufacturing, electrical infrastructure, sovereign cloud platforms, and other supporting industries.
AdaniConneX’s current 2GW national data center platform is slated for a major expansion, aiming to reach 5GW over the next ten years. The company is actively collaborating with Google on a sprawling AI data center campus in Visakhapatnam, alongside other facilities in Noida. Furthermore, Adani has partnered with Microsoft for data center developments in Hyderabad and Pune. Interestingly, a startup is also proposing to build the world’s first AI city in Bengaluru.
Building on existing collaborations, Adani’s partnership with Flipkart will be strengthened to establish a second high-performance AI data center, crucial for digital commerce and extensive computing requirements. This data center expansion will seamlessly integrate renewable power generation, advanced transmission infrastructure, and robust AI compute capabilities into one cohesive system. These facilities are designed to handle high-density compute clusters and next-generation AI workloads, leveraging sophisticated cooling and highly efficient power solutions.
A portion of this advanced computing capacity will be specifically allocated to support Indian AI startups, research institutions, and deep-tech enterprises. Adani Group emphasizes its commitment to bolstering Indian large language models and national data initiatives as integral components of its expansive AI infrastructure strategy.
The company’s data center strategy is closely aligned with its formidable renewable energy portfolio, notably Adani Green Energy’s Khavda project, which boasts a planned capacity of 30GW, with over 10GW already active. The firm further announced an additional $55 billion (approximately Rs. 4,99,000 crore) investment to scale up renewable energy generation and develop advanced battery energy storage systems. This development comes as major players continue to invest in India, with Anthropic, for instance, recently opening its first Indian office in Bengaluru.
To mitigate supply chain risks, the Adani Group intends to co-invest in domestic manufacturing partnerships for essential infrastructure components like transformers, power electronics, grid systems, inverters, and thermal management solutions. Additionally, the group plans to collaborate with academic institutions to create specialized AI infrastructure engineering programs, establish applied research labs for energy and logistics, and launch a national fellowship to cultivate much-needed talent in the sector.
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