Indian industrialist Gautam Adani and his conglomerate are holding initial discussions with U.S. technology firms, among them Meta Platforms and Google, about potential partnerships tied to the Adani Group's expanding data center business. Reports indicate that Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart is also involved in exploratory talks with the group.
Those conversations are reported to be at a preliminary stage, with specific locations for new facilities not yet finalized. The Adani organization is said to be surveying multiple sites across different Indian states as it weighs options for where to establish the centers.
The deliberations form part of a broader strategy by Adani to push into digital infrastructure on a large scale. The initiative has been described as a $100 billion effort to position the port-to-power conglomerate as a supplier not only of land but also of renewable energy - both elements the group sees as necessary inputs for hyperscale data center projects.
Earlier work by the group includes AdaniConnex Pvt., a joint venture between Adani Enterprises Ltd. and EdgeConneX. In October, that joint venture announced a partnership with Google, with Google committing about $15 billion toward building what has been characterized as India's largest AI infrastructure hub at Visakhapatnam. The current rounds of negotiations with technology companies are described as a new phase of investment that would extend beyond those earlier commitments.
At present the discussions are described as exploratory. No final agreements, site selections, or firm investment commitments beyond the previously announced AdaniConnex-Google collaboration have been reported. The proposals, as outlined in the reports, emphasize the Adani Group's aim to offer both the physical real estate and renewable power resources necessary to host large-scale cloud and AI infrastructure.
Context and next steps
The talks remain fluid and subject to further negotiation, with details on timelines, partner roles, and definitive locations not yet available. Observers will be watching for formal announcements from the companies involved as talks progress.