‘A $250B intelligence ecosystem in motion': Gautam Adani says India will not follow the AI century, but will shape it

Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, took to the social media platform X to talk about India’s ambition in the unfolding Intelligence Revolution.

Gautam Adani says India will not follow the AI century but will shape it

He said, “For decades, we imported technology. Now we are building the backbone. Renewable energy. Grid resilience. Hyperscale AI. A $250B intelligence ecosystem in motion. India will not follow the AI century. India will shape it.”

Adani’s proclamation comes with a landmark announcement from the conglomerate, which plans to invest $100 billion in developing renewable-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres across India by 2035.

This commitment marks one of the largest private sector pledges to digital infrastructure in the country’s history and is a cornerstone of its technological sovereignty strategy.

Under the initiative, the investment will be directed toward building renewable-powered hyperscale data centres capable of supporting next-generation AI workloads.

These facilities are meant to serve as the backbone for not just commercial cloud computing, but also for AI model training, national digital infrastructure, and sovereignty-driven technologies.

According to official filings and industry coverage, the $100 billion core commitment is projected to catalyse an additional $150 billion in related investments across sectors such as server manufacturing, advanced electrical infrastructure, sovereign cloud platforms, and other supporting technologies, bringing the total prospective ecosystem value to approximately $250 billion over the next decade. 

The data centres are planned to be hyperscale in nature, designed for massive computational workloads characteristic of artificial intelligence and cloud services and powered by renewable energy sources.

Adani Green Energy’s expansive projects, including its 30 GW renewable portfolio, will anchor the power needs for these facilities, ensuring they run on carbon-neutral energy and align with India’s climate goals.

Expanding the group’s existing AdaniConnex infrastructure from about 2 gigawatts (GW) to a 5 GW deployment, the data centre strategy spans major technology campuses across India.

Key partnerships include global tech heavyweights such as Google and Microsoft, with joint projects planned in Visakhapatnam, Noida, Hyderabad and Pune.

These collaborations aim to attract additional foreign capital and expertise, integrating India more deeply into the global AI value chain. 

For decades, we imported technology.
Now we are building the backbone.
Renewable energy. Grid resilience. Hyperscale AI.
A $250B intelligence ecosystem in motion.
India will not follow the AI century.
India will shape it. 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/fqv4S42OAb

— Gautam Adani (@gautam_adani) February 17, 2026

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