ENA Sectors 2026-02-18 17:42:04 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, Feb 18 (KNN) </strong>Adani Group has announced plans to invest USD 100 billion by 2035 to develop renewable-energy-powered data centres designed for Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads, marking one of Indias largest private sector commitments to digital infrastructure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The group said the initiative aims to create a sovereign energy and computing backbone to support Indias expanding AI ecosystem.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Adani Group's Chairman Gautam Adani was quoted by news agency ANI as saying, Nations that integrate energy and computing capacity would define the next phase of technological growth. </span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:14px">USD 250 Billion AI Ecosystem Envisioned</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">According to the company, the USD 100 billion investment is expected to catalyse an additional USD 150 billion in related investments across servers, sovereign cloud platforms, advanced electrical systems and supporting infrastructure. This could result in a projected USD 250 billion AI ecosystem.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The roadmap includes scaling AdaniConnexs national data centre capacity from 2 gigawatts (GW) to 5 GW across multiple campuses in India. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The platform is designed to integrate renewable energy generation, grid resilience and high-density AI computing infrastructure within a unified architecture.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:14px">Partnerships and Campus Expansion</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The group is partnering with Google, owned by Alphabet Inc., to develop a gigawatt-scale AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Additional campuses are under development in Noida in the Delhi-National Capital Region. The group is also collaborating with Microsoft on projects in Hyderabad and Pune. Discussions are underway with other global technology firms for further AI campus development.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:14px">Renewable Backbone and Technology Features</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The renewable energy supply will be anchored by Adani Green Energys 30 GW Khavda project in Gujarat, of which more than 10 GW is currently operational.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Separately, the group has committed an additional USD 55 billion to expand its renewable energy portfolio, including large-scale battery energy storage systems.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The proposed data centres will incorporate advanced liquid cooling systems, high-efficiency power design and dedicated capacity for Indian large language models and national data initiatives to support data sovereignty. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">A portion of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) capacity will be reserved for Indian AI startups, research institutions and deep-technology innovators.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span><br /> </p> 45196 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/adani-group-lines-up-usd-100-bn-investment-in-renewable-ai-data-centres-by-2035 2026-02-18 17:42:04 knnindia.co.in