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India Becomes AI Buildout Hub as OpenAI Mega-Raise Recasts Industry Ties

New data‑center pledges from Adani, Tata and Reliance set up multi‑gigawatt capacity powered by renewables.

Overview

  • Adani Group committed $100 billion over ten years to build 5GW of renewable‑powered, hyperscale AI‑ready data centers in India, naming Google, Microsoft and Flipkart as partners.
  • OpenAI and Tata struck a strategic deal to deploy 100MW of AI‑dedicated capacity in India with plans to scale to 1GW, alongside a rollout of enterprise ChatGPT and AI‑native development across Tata units.
  • Reliance and Jio announced ₹10 trillion in spending over seven years for a multi‑GW AI campus in Jamnagar, targeting 120MW in the first year and nationwide edge resources.
  • Bloomberg reported OpenAI is advancing a financing round exceeding $100 billion with strategic investors including Amazon, SoftBank, NVIDIA and Microsoft, while the Financial Times reported NVIDIA is nearing a roughly $30 billion equity stake that would replace a previously outlined $100 billion collaboration plan.
  • CNBC reported OpenAI has trimmed its 2030 compute spending target to $600 billion and shared updated financials with investors, including revenue of about $13.1 billion last year and roughly $8 billion in cash use.