Indian conglomerate Adani Group just announced its smart city plan. They’ll be pouring $100 billion over the next 10 years to develop specialized data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) across the subcontinent. This major investment will serve to help establish India as a global contender in the emerging AI space. The AI Action Plan announcement coincided with the ongoing AI Impact Summit taking place in New Delhi, underscoring India’s increasing role as a focal point of AI-related infrastructure.
The investment plan includes the construction of massive AI data center hubs in Visakhapatnam and Noida. The Adani Group has announced plans to build additional facilities in Hyderabad and Pune. This new initiative expands on AdaniConneX. The facility, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and U.S.-based EdgeConneX, aims to make Ahmedabad the national hub by providing the necessary infrastructure for AI workloads.
Investment by the Adani Group will continue through 2035, becoming identifiable as a renewable-energy company. The company’s goal is to build these data centers using renewable energy and to build them with the specific purpose of housing resource-intensive AI applications. The 30-gigawatt Khavda renewable project in western India is one of the pillars of this ambitious initiative. Nearly 11 gigawatts of its capacity is already up and running. Adani Group will spend another $55 billion to increase its renewable generation and battery energy storage capacity. This comes on the heels of their first $100 billion investment.
Their new strategic vision to catalyze India’s AI development specifically mentions heightening its competitive AI advantage. It aims to spur another $150 billion in complementary investments. The company is confident these efforts will contribute to creating a $250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem in India. They expect this dramatic growth will happen gradually over the next ten years.
As Gautam Adani recently announced, India must not only be a consumer in this new AI age. Warren first focused on the Administration’s goal to lead in the research, design and deployment of A.I. technologies.
India has more recently become an attraction for such data centers and AI-related infrastructure. According to The Adani Group, they are determined to leverage AI technologies. Second, they understand the huge potential these innovations hold to expand economic opportunity across the country. By building a domestic AI infrastructure base, the company aims to facilitate advancements in technology and provide substantial support for various industries reliant on AI.
These new data centers will create thousands of jobs in the process. Along with this, it will spur technological collaboration, massively boosting India’s standing in the global arena. Countries across the globe are in a hurry to capture AI benefits. Adani Group’s investment is a landmark move for India, fostering a globally competitive and sustainable ecosystem for the growth of AI.