Adani pledges $100B to build AI data base as India bids for major stake in global AI race

India’s Adani Group said on Monday it would invest $100 billion over the next decade to build AI data centers across the country, underscoring India’s desire to take a bigger role in the global AI race.

The fund, which will pass through 2035, aims to build a renewable energy facility designed to support AI operations, the company said. He expects the plan to generate an additional $150 billion in related investments and bring in $250 billion of artificial intelligence to India over the next decade.

The enemy is making this commitment against the foundation of economic growth in AI Infrastructure as companies are increasingly expanding beyond the US to incorporate energy, efficiency and friendly regulations. India, with the growth of the digital economy and the growth of renewable energy, has had it came out as a data center destination and Architecture related to AI over the past few years.

This announcement is in line with the current situation in India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week, where leaders from the world’s top AI companies, including OpenAI, Nvidia, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google, will meet with policymakers and industry executives.

Chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani (pictured above) described the plan as a long-term bet on the exchange of energy and computers. “India will not be an ordinary consumer in the age of AI,” he said, adding that the group wants to help build the foundation for AI infrastructure.

The plan is to build on Adani’s existing platform and its partnerships with companies such as Google and Microsoft. The conglomerate is building massive AI data-center campuses Visakhapatnam and Noida, and has plans for more locations in Hyderabad and Pune. A broader partnership with Walmart-owned Flipkart will focus on other areas of AI data.

Adani said the massive plan aims to transmit up to 5 gigawatts of data. The company said that the facility will be designed as an interconnection system that will affect the power generation and co-utilization capacity.

The effort is centered on AdaniConneX, a partnership between Adani Enterprises and US-based EdgeConneX, a developer and operator of hyperscale data centers and enterprise customers. The JV, Adani said, has already developed about 2 gigawatts of data-center capacity in India.

Central to the plan is Adani’s energy-enhancing system, which the group said will provide zero-emission power to data centers. The company pointed to the 30-gigawatt Khavda renewables in western India – more than 10 gigawatts that are already in use – and said that it wants the government to spend an additional $55 billion to expand the generation of renewables and to store energy in the coming years.

In order to reduce the risk of global disruption, Adani said that they are planning to consolidate the costs of household products, such as transformers, electricity and temperature control systems.

Adani did not respond to questions about how much of the $100 billion has already been allocated to the capital, how the money will be spent in the coming years, and when the main AI projects are expected to start working.