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The Adani Group is weighing an investment of up to $5 billion in Google’s proposed AI data centre campus at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The project is a crucial part of the technology major’s broader cloud–AI expansion in India. Adani’s CFO said discussions are in progress and details are yet to be finalised.
The partnership fits within the web company’s previously announced $15-billion commitment between 2026 and 2030 to build one of the largest global data centre hubs in India, featuring subsea-cable links, renewable-energy capacity, and AI-ready infrastructure to power high-intensity computational workloads.
The Visakhapatnam facility is established as the largest data center cluster in India, tailored to meet the needs of hyperscale AI and cloud services.
The project will provide power capacity of the order of gigawatts and is likely to create jobs in the range of tens of thousands directly and indirectly through sectors like construction, power transmission, networking, software services, and long-term operations.
Analysts view the move as a signal that India’s digital infrastructure is entering a new phase, where domestic conglomerates like Adani deploy not just AI but actually build the physical backbone to support global-scale AI acceleration.
This investment comes at a time when many global hyperscalers and Indian business houses are vying with each other to scale AI-ready data centre capacity. India’s data centre market is estimated to cross $100 billion by 2027, led by rapidly increasing AI adoption, cloud growth, and expanding digital-public infrastructure.
India is becoming a strategic market for Google, not only for the deployment of AI products but for developing computing capacity closer to users and enterprises. It also aligns with Adani’s aggressive push into energy, digital infra, and data centre ventures through AdaniConneX.
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The scale of the project makes energy supply, land use, and sustainability major determinants. The initiative will be based on very large solar plus storage systems, an area Adani has established significant operational depth. However, the final investment schedule, regulatory approvals, and environmental clearances will determine how fast the project moves.
As India positions itself to become a global AI capability centre, this collaboration between Google and Adani will redefine the country’s digital economy. It will reduce AI compute costs, accelerate cloud adoption, and boost innovation across sectors from fintech to education.
As global competition intensifies, will India scale its AI infrastructure fast enough to meet the demands of the next decade?
