Adani pledges $100B to build AI data centers as India seeks bigger role in the global AI race

The Adani Group has announced a $100 billion investment over the next decade to build AI-specialized data centers across India, signaling the country’s intent to become a significant player in the global AI infrastructure race. These data centers will be powered by renewable energy and are expected to catalyze an additional $150 billion in related investments, creating a $250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem by 2035. The initiative aligns with India’s expanding digital economy and renewable energy capacity, positioning the nation as an attractive destination for AI infrastructure development. Adani plans to leverage its existing data-center platform and partnerships with global tech giants like Google and Microsoft, with large-scale campuses already underway in Visakhapatnam and Noida, and future projects planned for Hyderabad and Pune. Central to Adani’s strategy is the integration of renewable energy, with the company’s 30-gigawatt Khavda renewable project supplying carbon-neutral power to the data centers. The group also intends to invest $55 billion in expanding renewable