Adani to invest $100 billion in AI-ready data centres by 2035, targets 5GW platform

The Adani Group has announced an Adani AI data centres investment plan of $100 billion to build renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035, expanding its data-centre platform from 2GW to a 5GW target.

What happened

In a company media release dated February 17, 2026, Adani said the $100 billion outlay will create a “sovereign energy and compute platform” and is expected to catalyse an additional $150 billion in related investments—taking the projected ecosystem to $250 billion by 2035.

Reuters also reported the announcement, noting the plan is designed to position India more strongly in the global AI race as demand rises for AI-ready compute infrastructure.

Key details

• Investment size & timeline: $100 billion direct investment, by 2035
  
  

• Capacity target: expand AdaniConneX’s 2GW national platform toward 5GW
  
  

• Spillover investment claim: expected to catalyse $150 billion more across servers/manufacturing, electrical infrastructure and sovereign cloud platforms
  
  

• Partnerships cited by Adani:
  
  

  • Google (including gigawatt-scale AI data-centre campus plans in Visakhapatnam, plus additional campuses in Noida)
    
    

  • Microsoft (campuses spanning Hyderabad and Pune)
    
    

  • Flipkart (expanded partnership to develop a second AI data centre)
    
    

• Energy linkage: Reuters reported Adani will also invest $55 billion to expand its renewable energy portfolio, including battery energy storage systems.
  
  

Context/background

India has been pushing to attract large-scale AI and cloud infrastructure, where data centres are increasingly viewed as a practical route to building domestic “compute” capacity for AI workloads. The Indian Express noted the Adani announcement during the India AI Impact Summit window and placed it alongside other recent big-ticket India data-centre and AI infrastructure commitments.

What happens next

Adani has not published a project-by-project rollout calendar in the release, but it says the roadmap is anchored to scaling capacity to 5GW and building an integrated model combining renewable power, transmission infrastructure and hyperscale AI compute. Market watchers will likely track

(1) where the next campuses are announced,

(2) how quickly capacity ramps from 2GW toward 5GW, and

(3) any further details on financing, customers and timelines.