Ambani, Adani commit USD 210 billion to make India a global AI hub

Billionaire-led conglomerates are betting big on India’s artificial intelligence (AI) future. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and Gautam Adani’s Adani Group together pledged USD 210 billion to build cutting-edge AI infrastructure across the country. The announcements came at the India AI Impact Summit , positioning India as a major player in the global AI landscape.

Ambani unveiled plans for a Rs 10 lakh crore (USD 110 billion) investment over the next seven years . The focus will be on gigawatt-scale AI-ready data centres in Jamnagar , powered by up to 10 GW of green energy surplus, along with a nationwide edge-compute network integrated with Jio’s telecom and digital platforms. “Our resolve is clear: make intelligence as ubiquitous as connectivity,” Ambani said. “When compute becomes infrastructure, innovation will become inevitable.”

Meanwhile, Adani announced a USD 100-billion commitment , planned through 2035 , to develop renewable-energy-powered hyperscale AI-ready data centres , one of the world’s largest integrated energy-compute initiatives. This phased investment is expected to spur an additional USD 150 billion in server manufacturing, cloud platforms, and related industries, creating a USD 250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem in India. Jeet Adani, executive director at Adani Group, emphasized the importance of domestic AI infrastructure for national sovereignty, cautioning against dependence on imports.

Global tech giants also showcased major investments. Microsoft committed USD 50 billion by the decade’s end to expand AI access across the Global South, with India being a key focus. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new subsea cable initiative to enhance AI connectivity between India, the US, and other locations, along with partnerships to provide cloud infrastructure support to over 20 million public servants across 800 districts.

Other notable moves include Yotta Data Services’ USD 2 billion investment in Nvidia chips for an AI computing hub near Delhi, TCS signing OpenAI as its first customer for its AI data centre unit under the Stargate initiative, and Larsen & Toubro’s planned venture with Nvidia to build AI-ready data centre infrastructure and advanced computing platforms.

With these unprecedented multi-year investments , India is set to emerge as a global AI powerhouse , combining cutting-edge infrastructure, renewable energy, and strategic partnerships.