India, Feb. 18 -- The Adani Group has announced plans to invest USD 100 billion in the development of hyperscale, AI-ready data centres powered by renewable energy by 2035. The group described the programme as one of the largest integrated energy-and-compute initiatives globally. The project seeks to combine renewable energy generation with artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in India.

Over the next decade, the conglomerate estimates that the investment could help create an AI infrastructure ecosystem valued at around USD 250 billion by catalysing a further USD 150 billion in related sectors. These include server manufacturing, advanced electrical infrastructure and sovereign cloud platforms.

The roadmap builds on the group...