On the second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the Adani Group unveiled one of its most ambitious infrastructure plans to date, committing $100 billion (around ₹9.07 lakh crore) towards building AI-ready, renewable energy–powered hyperscale data centres across India by 2035.
The decade-long rollout is being positioned as a cornerstone of India’s broader effort to establish domestic AI and cloud infrastructure. According to the group, the programme will significantly expand national data centre capacity while creating what it describes as a sovereign energy-and-compute ecosystem designed to support the country’s next phase of digital growth.
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In a statement, the conglomerate said the core investment could unlock an additional $150 billion (approximately ₹13.61 lakh crore) in related sectors over the same period. These spillover investments are expected to span server manufacturing, electrical and grid infrastructure, sovereign cloud platforms, and other allied industries critical to large-scale AI deployment.
AdaniConneX- Data centre platform
A key pillar of the strategy is the expansion of AdaniConneX, the group’s existing national data centre platform. Currently operating at around 2GW, the platform is set to scale up to 5GW over the next ten years. As part of this expansion, Adani confirmed collaborations with Google to develop a large AI-focused data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, along with additional facilities in Noida. The group is also working with Microsoft on data centre projects in Hyderabad and Pune.
The company said its partnership with Flipkart will be widened as well, with plans to build a second high-performance AI data centre aimed at supporting digital commerce and large-scale computing workloads. These facilities will be designed for high-density compute clusters, using advanced cooling technologies and energy-efficient power systems to handle next-generation AI applications.
Adani added that a portion of the new computing capacity will be earmarked for Indian AI startups, research institutions, and deep-tech companies. The infrastructure is also intended to support the development of domestic large language models and national data initiatives, reinforcing India’s push to build AI capabilities within its own borders.
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Priority on renewable Energy
Renewable energy sits at the centre of the group’s data centre strategy. The company linked the expansion directly to its clean energy portfolio, including Adani Green Energy’s Khavda renewable project in Gujarat, which has a planned capacity of 30GW, with more than 10GW already operational. Alongside the data centre build-out, Adani said it will invest an additional $55 billion (around ₹4.99 lakh crore) to scale renewable generation and battery energy storage systems.
Beyond infrastructure, the group plans to co-invest in domestic manufacturing for critical components such as transformers, power electronics, grid systems, inverters, and thermal management solutions, a move aimed at reducing supply chain vulnerabilities. It also intends to partner with academic institutions to develop specialised AI infrastructure engineering programmes, applied research labs focused on energy and logistics, and a national fellowship initiative to help address long-term talent requirements.
Taken together, the investments mark a significant escalation of Adani Group’s role in India’s evolving AI and digital infrastructure landscape, tying together clean energy, compute capacity, manufacturing, and skills development under a single, long-term strategy.
