Adani Group to Invest Up to $5 Billion in Google's Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus in India
December 3, 2025
India's digital infrastructure landscape is poised for a transformative leap as major conglomerates commit unprecedented capital to meet the nation's surging demand for data processing and artificial intelligence capabilities. This wave of investment underscores India's strategic importance as a high-growth market for global hyperscalers and a focal point for domestic industrial diversification.
In a significant move, India's Adani Group is set to invest up to $5 billion in a massive Google data center campus under development in Visakhapatnam, located in southern India. The investment was confirmed by the group's Chief Financial Officer, Jugeshinder Singh, in remarks to reporters last Friday, as reported by Bloomberg. The Adani Group is participating in the project through AdaniConneX, its data center joint venture with the established international operator EdgeConneX.
The planned campus, which is slated to begin construction in 2026, represents a gigawatt-scale project and is expected to become India's largest data center facility upon completion. The total investment required for the full build-out over a five-year period is estimated at approximately $15 billion, highlighting the immense scale of the infrastructure undertaking.
This commitment by one of India's largest conglomerates, with interests spanning ports, power, and infrastructure, is part of a broader national trend. Rival industrial giant Tata Group announced last month the launch of a dedicated business entity, HyperVault AI Data Center Limited, to pursue its own 1-gigawatt data center build-out. Furthermore, even firms from unrelated sectors, such as media company Adhikari Brothers, have recently announced pivots into data center development, signaling widespread confidence in the sector's growth trajectory.
The aggressive expansion is a direct response to a significant supply-demand imbalance. According to data from DC Byte, as of April 2025, India's operational data center capacity stood at just 1.2 gigawatts. In stark contrast, the total pipeline of facilities under construction, committed, or in early planning stages amounted to 7.7 gigawatts, with over half of this future supply still in the early stages of development. Investments like the Adani-Google partnership are critical to bridging this gap and positioning India to capitalize on its rapid digitalization and AI adoption.
Source: datacenterdynamics
Adani Group to Invest Up to $5 Billion in Google's Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus in India
