Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of the Adani Group, announced a massive $10 billion (₹85,378 crore) investment in Indian data centres, which aims for 10gw capacity.

According to Bloomberg, Adani’s upcoming data centre venture will target international clients, including government contracts, and notes ongoing land acquisition in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat. The report also mentions Mukesh Ambani’s 1gw data centre project in the same region, in collaboration with Nvidia.

Building more data centres will enhance Adani’s existing infrastructure, which includes a ₹500 billion project in Maharashtra. This expansion aims to capitalise on the strong need for AI infrastructure created by India’s booming AI services, while also diversifying Adani’s business interests.

The data centres are also anticipated to benefit from Adani’s current telecom offerings for businesses. Although Adani secured 5G mmWave spectrum in the auction with Reliance Jio and Airtel, it remains unavailable to the general public.

Adani’s data centres aim to boost India’s booming server capacity. Rival Ambani also builds data centres for diverse needs via Jio. Global giants like Google and Microsoft are expanding their Indian data centres due to high demand and data rules. This growth can fuel Digital India and India’s rise as an AI hub.

Despite a global slowdown in AI investment following DeepSeek’s budget-friendly DeepSeek R1 (much cheaper than GPT-4), Adani is investing heavily. OpenAI’s cheaper GPT-4.1 further underscores this cost-conscious trend.

Source: https://www.republicworld.com/tech/adani-bets-over-85378-crore-on-ai-future-in-massive-data-centre-push-in-india