Adani Group and Jabil Inc. have announced their intent to form a strategic alliance to establish a world-class, vertically integrated AI and data center infrastructure manufacturing platform in India.
The partnership aims to develop GW-scale AI rack and advanced infrastructure manufacturing for global data center buildouts, positioning India as a premier hub for AI hardware export.
The alliance brings together Jabil’s six decades of advanced engineering, cross-industry manufacturing expertise, and hyperscale data center solutions with Adani Group’s infrastructure footprint, green energy portfolio, logistics network, and rapidly expanding domestic data center operations. The combination is structured to address the explosive local and global demand for AI-ready data center hardware.
At the core of the platform is a giga-scale AI rack architecture, under which the companies plan to deploy multi-GW of high-density AI rack manufacturing capacity in India. This capacity will serve global hyperscalers, co-location facilities, and enterprise data centers through the advanced manufacturing and integration of next-generation liquid-cooled AI racks, servers, storage, and networking systems using state-of-the-art Surface Mount Technology (SMT) and complex box-build processes.
Beyond computing racks, the alliance covers a 360-degree AI infrastructure ecosystem spanning full-spectrum white space and grey space device manufacturing, including Power Distribution Units, Coolant Distribution Units, Transformers, Switchgears, Bus Bars, and advanced thermal management systems, delivering an end-to-end, design-to-deployment hardware ecosystem as a single-source solution.
The initiative addresses a global market opportunity exceeding USD 3 trillion over the next seven years, driven by structural investments in AI compute. The two organizations are currently working on definitive operational frameworks and formal documentation to accelerate execution of the manufacturing roadmap.
The strategic rationale stems from India’s data center market reaching an inflection point, with industry forecasts projecting capacity to grow to between 5-8 GW by 2030, fueled by rising AI demand, cloud expansion, and data localization requirements.
With global hyperscalers planning more than USD 50 billion in spending across data center, cloud, and AI ecosystems in India, and the requirements of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act driving demand for domestically manufactured hardware, the country is strengthening its position as a strategic technology manufacturing hub. The Union Budget 2026’s landmark tax holiday for data centers until 2047 further enhances the global export competitiveness of India-based manufacturing.
The alliance aligns with Adani Group’s USD 100 billion commitment to develop 5 GW of green-energy-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centers by 2035. Jabil, which recorded USD 29.8 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2025, continues to lead the global AI data center buildout, and following its acquisitions of Hanley Energy Group and Mikros Technologies, brings comprehensive power management and precision thermal solutions capabilities to the Indian platform.
Positioned as a landmark step for the ‘Make in India’ vision, the alliance aims to transition the nation from an importer of digital infrastructure into a dominant global manufacturer and exporter of AI hardware. By anchoring high-value, deep-tech manufacturing domestically, the Adani-Jabil platform is expected to strengthen global supply chain resilience, generate thousands of highly skilled engineering jobs, and establish a sovereign-aligned technology ecosystem.
Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group, noted, “The world is entering an Intelligence Revolution more profound than any previous Industrial Revolution. Nations that master the symmetry between energy and compute will shape the next decade. India is uniquely positioned to lead. Our alliance with Jabil represents a decisive step in building India’s complete AI infrastructure stack — from green power generation to world-class hardware manufacturing. Together, we will ensure India is not merely a consumer in the AI age, but a creator, builder, and exporter of intelligence.”
Mike Dastoor, CEO, Jabil, stated, “This strategic collaboration with Adani Group is another step forward in our efforts to create long-term value for customers throughout the AI ecosystem by offering scalable solutions across the product lifecycle. By combining Jabil’s more than sixty years of engineering expertise and advanced manufacturing capabilities with Adani’s formidable infrastructure and energy platform, we can expect to execute down to the rack level for hyperscalers and enterprises here in India and across the globe. As India becomes one of the world’s fastest-growing AI markets, the country’s skilled workforce and supportive business environment make it an attractive destination for this collaboration.”
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