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Adani Group Building India's Clean Energy & Digital Future: Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani announced the Adani Group is creating the physical foundation for India's digital and clean future, with 35% of the world's largest 30 GW renewable plant already commissioned at Khavda, Gujarat. The Group has committed $100 billion to energy transition and another $100 billion to data centres, including a gigawatt-scale campus in Visakhapatnam with Google. Microsoft, Flipkart, and Uber are also anchoring their data requirements with the Adani Group. Adani emphasized that the intelligence age will be built by millions of young Indians, with Rs 60,000 crore committed to AI-integrated skilling through the Adani Foundation.

Key Points: Adani Group Builds India's Clean Energy & Data Future

  • 30 GW renewable plant at Khavda, Gujarat
  • $100 billion commitment to energy transition
  • Gigawatt-scale data centre in Visakhapatnam with Google
  • $100 billion commitment to data centre business
  • Rs 60,000 crore for AI-integrated skilling via Adani Foundation
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Clean energy to data centres, Adani Group creating physical foundation for future: Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani announces $100B each for renewable energy and data centres, building India's digital and clean future with Google and Microsoft.

"The future does not arrive. It is built. So, let us build. - Gautam Adani"

New Delhi, May 11

From green energy to data centres, the Adani Group is creating the physical foundation on which the country's digital and clean future will stand, its Chairman Gautam Adani said on Monday.

At Khavda in Gujarat, the Adani Group has already commissioned 35 per cent of what will become the world's largest single-site renewable energy plant, a 30-gigawatt-project that will fundamentally alter India's energy geography.

"Our total commitment towards the energy transition stands at 100 billion dollars, making us one of the largest clean energy investors anywhere in the world," said Gautam Adani while addressing the 'CII Annual Business Summit 2026' here.

The second foundation is data centres.

"Across India, we are constructing large-scale integrated data centre campuses. We, in partnership with Google, are building in Visakhapatnam, the country's largest gigawatt-scale campus. This is a multi-billion-dollar commitment to sovereign compute on Indian soil," the billionaire industrialist told the gathering.

Microsoft is an equally strong partner in our data centre mission. Companies like Flipkart and Uber are also anchoring their data requirements with the Adani Group.

"And at the recent AI Summit, we announced yet another 100-billion-dollar commitment to the data centre business. This is a statement of intent. India must not rent the infrastructure of its intelligence future. India must build it. India must power it. India must own it on its own soil," said Gautam Adani.

He further stated that the intelligence age will not be built only by servers, chips, and algorithms.

It will be built by electricians, technicians, operators, safety officers, cooling engineers, grid managers, data centre teams and millions of young Indians who will maintain the physical infrastructure behind the digital world.

"Through the Adani Foundation, we have made a long-term commitment of Rs 60,000 crore towards education, healthcare, skilling and community development. A growing share of this effort is being directed towards AI-integrated skilling," said the Adani Group Chairman.

"This is what we mean when we speak - helping build India's AI spine - because the real measure of AI will not be how many jobs it replaces. The real measure will be how many Indians it empowers," he noted.

Gautam Adani said he has spent his life "constructing things that did not yet exist, in places that were not yet ready".

"Ports where there were only marshlands. Power in places that knew only darkness. Infrastructure where many saw only impossibility. And if there is one lesson I have learned, it is this -- The future does not arrive. It is built. So, let us build," said Gautam Adani.

- IANS

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Priya S
While I appreciate the scale of investment, I hope there's proper environmental clearance and local community benefits. 30 GW solar/wind in desert will need massive land use. Also Rs 60,000 crore for skilling is great but needs transparent execution. Let's see how many tribal youth actually get trained in AI skills.
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Ravi K
This is what real nation building looks like! From ports to power to data - Adani Group is literally building the backbone of modern India. That $100 bn commitment to energy transition and another $100 bn for data centers... imagine the jobs this will create for our youth! Jai Hind 🙏
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Jessica F
Impressive vision but I wonder about debt levels. Adani Group's debt-to-equity ratio is concerning for such massive capex. Also, partnerships with Google, Microsoft are good but we need more competition in data center space. Monopoly in critical infrastructure is risky. Just saying. 🤔
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Naveen S
As someone from Gujarat, I've seen how Khavda transformed from barren land to a clean energy hub. My cousin works there now. Yes there are challenges but the scale is mind-boggling. And finally someone is talking about "renting intelligence infrastructure" - we cannot outsource our AI future to foreign servers. Well said Mr. Adani! 👏
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Arun Y
Beautiful speech but actions speak louder. Let's see if the 60,000 crore actually reaches the ground level in education and healthcare. Many corporate CSR promises remain on paper. Also hope this doesn't become another case of crony capitalism where one group dominates everything. Healthy competition needed.

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