Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Monday declared that his conglomerate is building the physical backbone of India's digital and clean energy future, unveiling twin commitments of $100 billion each towards energy transition and data centre infrastructure. Speaking at the CII Annual Business Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Adani outlined a sweeping vision spanning renewable energy, sovereign compute, and AI-integrated skilling.

Khavda Renewable Plant and Clean Energy Push

At Khavda in Gujarat, the Adani Group has already commissioned 35 per cent of what it projects will become the world's largest single-site renewable energy plant — a 30-gigawatt project that Adani said will "fundamentally alter India's energy geography." The group's total commitment to the energy transition stands at $100 billion, positioning it among the largest clean energy investors globally, according to Adani.

"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," Adani told the gathering.

Data Centre Ambitions and Global Partnerships

The second pillar of the group's strategy is large-scale data infrastructure. In partnership with Google, the Adani Group is constructing what it describes as the country's largest gigawatt-scale data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Microsoft is also cited as a key partner in the data centre mission, while companies including Flipkart and Uber are reportedly anchoring their data requirements with the group.

"This is a multi-billion-dollar commitment to sovereign compute on Indian soil," Adani said, adding that at a recent AI Summit, the group announced an additional $100 billion commitment to the data centre business. "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," he stated.

AI Skilling and the Adani Foundation's ₹60,000 Crore Pledge

Adani argued that the intelligence age will not be built by servers and algorithms alone, but by electricians, technicians, cooling engineers, grid managers, and millions of young Indians maintaining physical infrastructure. Through the Adani Foundation, the group has committed ₹60,000 crore towards education, healthcare, skilling, and community development, with a growing share directed at AI-integrated skilling programmes.

"The real measure of AI will not be how many jobs it replaces. The real measure will be how many Indians it empowers," Adani noted.

Broader Vision: Building What Does Not Yet Exist

Drawing on his personal journey, Adani reflected on decades of constructing infrastructure in locations that were considered unready — "ports where there were only marshlands, power in places that knew only darkness." The remarks were framed as a call to action for India's business community. "The future does not arrive. It is built. So, let us build," he said. With India's AI and data infrastructure race intensifying, the group's next milestones at Khavda and Visakhapatnam will be closely watched by investors and policymakers alike.