Adani to invest $100 bn in AI data centres by 2035

The Adani Group on Tuesday announced plans to invest $100 billion in building artificial intelligence (AI)-focused data centres in India by 2035, marking one of the largest infrastructure bets in the country’s technology sector.According to information, the proposed data centres will be powered by renewable energy and are aimed at positioning India as a global leader in AI by creating the required energy and computing backbone.The company said the initial $100 billion investment is expected to catalyse an additional $150 billion in related industries by 2035, including server manufacturing, electrical equipment, transmission systems and cloud platforms. Together, this could translate into $250 billion worth of AI infrastructure over the next decade.
Chairman Gautam Adani said countries that control both energy and computing power will shape the future global order.According to sources, Adani said the Group is building on its existing presence in data centres and green energy to expand across the complete five-layer AI stack, with a focus on India’s technological sovereignty. He asserted that India will not remain merely a consumer in the AI age but will emerge as a creator and infrastructure leader.
The expansion builds on AdaniConnex’s existing 2 gigawatt (GW) data centre network, with a target to scale capacity to 5 GW in the coming years.As part of its AI push, the Group is collaborating with Google to develop a large AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam. It also has partnerships with Microsoft in Hyderabad and Pune to strengthen cloud and AI infrastructure.Additionally, the Group will expand its data centre collaboration with Flipkart to support the company’s e-commerce operations and AI-driven platforms.The announcement signals a significant shift in India’s AI ecosystem, where large-scale capital is increasingly flowing into compute infrastructure, renewable-powered data centres and sovereign AI capabilities. If executed as planned, the investment could reshape India’s position in the global AI value chain over the next decade.

(Business Correspondent)