Adani Bets On India’s Future, Says ‘It Cannot Wait’

For FY 2025-26, Adani Group’s growth was driven by infrastructure and AI-driven intelligence. “They are the twin global engines that must shape India’s strength, secure India’s sovereignty and accelerate India’s journey to becoming one of the defining powers of this century,” said Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group.

“India’s future cannot wait. Despite global headwinds, our group built, advancing its journey as the world’s most integrated infrastructure platform — across energy, transport, logistics and industrial manufacturing,” he added.

The group’s strength lies in the way its infrastructure pieces connect. From mining and power generation to transmission and distribution, to ports and logistics to data centres and fulfilment centres and roads to water, the company has the ability to connect every critical layer of infrastructure.

Infrastructure comprises the roads, ports, airports, transmission lines, power plants, renewable parks, gas networks, logistics platforms, cement capacity, water systems and industrial ecosystems that make national growth possible. Whereas, intelligence, is data centres, the use of AI, automation, predictive systems, digital platforms, real-time analytics and machine-led decision support to make every one of these assets more responsive.

In FY 25-26, the Group made a record capital investment of more than INR  1.5 lakh crore in hard infrastructure. “This represented over 30 percent of India’s total new private-sector capital expenditure for the year. For us, this is more than a financial number. It is a statement of belief and our commitment to nation-building and investment in the infrastructure that will power India’s next chapter,” the chairman added.

In digital and industrial infrastructure, Adani’s data centre business is building a 3 GW platform by 2030. The binding MoU for a gigawatt-scale data centre with Google in Visakhapatnam reflects both the scale of the digital demand ahead, and the confidence that global technology leaders such as Google, Microsoft, Uber and Flipkart are placing in India.

For FY 2025-26, the consolidated portfolio revenue stood at INR 2.92 lakh crore, thereby reflecting a year-on-year growth of 7.4 per cent.

EBITDA reached INR 94,834 crore, with the net debt-to-EBITDA ratio at a healthy 3.3 times. Profit after tax also rose by 13.9 per cent to INR 46,376 crore, while its cash flow stood at INR  67,995 crore.

“These numbers demonstrate the strength and resilience of our operating businesses,” the chairman said.

Looking ahead, the company is undergoing an organizational transformation for accelerated investments. A three-layer organisation for faster decision-making and AI-era agility is underway,  partner management model for scale execution, internal talent and leadership pipeline development and worker dignity model focusing on the frontline workforce is the theme for the coming years.

“We are focusing on long-term nation building, scaling infrastructure and intelligence together and delivering  growth through execution at speed and scale,” he added.