India is fast becoming a hub for datacenters in the region.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi confirmed in a post on X that the company is setting up its first data center in India in partnership with the Adani Group, following a meeting with Gautam Adani in Ahmedabad. The facility is expected to be ready later this year and will be used to test and deploy Uber’s technology — built in India, for the world.
“As India fast emerges as a leading innovation hub for Uber, we are setting up our first data center in the country with the Adani Group,” Khosrowshahi wrote. The announcement signals a deeper commitment by Uber to India, which is already one of the company’s largest and fastest-growing markets. Uber’s engineering center in Bengaluru — its first in Asia — and its large office in Hyderabad have long been central to its global technology operations.
Adani: Already Deep In The Data Center Business
The Adani Group is no stranger to data centers. Through AdaniConneX — a 50:50 joint venture with US-based EdgeConneX — the conglomerate is working toward a 1 GW national data center platform, with facilities already operating or under construction in Chennai, Navi Mumbai, Noida, and Hyderabad.
The biggest signal of the group’s ambitions came in October 2025, when Adani and Google announced a landmark partnership to build India’s largest AI data center campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The project involves a combined investment of approximately $15 billion over five years, with gigawatt-scale data center operations, a subsea cable network, and dedicated renewable energy infrastructure. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian called it a foundation to “drive growth and enable businesses, researchers, and creators to build and scale with AI.” Uber’s upcoming facility, while smaller in scope, adds another marquee name to the Adani Group’s fast-expanding data center portfolio.
India’s Datacenter Boom
The Uber-Adani deal is just the latest chapter in what has been a remarkable run for India’s data center industry. A few numbers tell the story: India’s IT load capacity stood at 1.4 GW as of mid-2025, and is expected to double within two years, with another 1.4 GW currently under construction. More than $32 billion in investments have been announced by local and global tech firms in just the past two years.
Microsoft has been an early mover, purchasing land in Hyderabad to build a major data center, while Google has developed an 8-storey, 381,000 sq ft facility in Navi Mumbai. Reliance Industries, meanwhile, announced a jaw-dropping 1 GW data center project in Jamnagar, Gujarat in January 2025 — backed by a partnership with NVIDIA — that, once operational, is projected to triple India’s total data center capacity on its own. OpenAI also announced plans to set up a 1 GW capacity data center in the country to serve Indian users and smaller neighboring markets.
India’s homegrown players are scaling rapidly too. CtrlS, NTT, Sify, and Yotta are all building out significant capacity, with Mumbai alone accounting for over 50% of the country’s total data center footprint. Navi Mumbai has emerged as the third-largest data center market in the Asia-Pacific region. And in a sign of how far India’s ambitions extend, Bengaluru-based Pixxel and AI startup Sarvam have even announced plans for India’s first orbital data center satellite, with a launch targeted for Q4 2026.
Why India, Why Now
Several structural factors are converging. The Indian government granted data centers infrastructure status in 2022, unlocking low-cost financing and fiscal benefits. The draft National Data Centre Policy 2025 is considering tax exemptions for developers for up to 20 years. The IndiaAI Mission, launched in 2024 with a $1.2 billion outlay for GPU procurement, is further accelerating AI infrastructure investment.
India’s geography works in its favour too. It sits at the intersection of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe — a natural hub for data traffic moving between East and West. The cost of building a data center in India is estimated at $6.8 million per MW, significantly lower than in most other Asia-Pacific markets.
For Uber, setting up its first Indian data center is about more than cost. It’s a statement that India is now core infrastructure territory — not just a back-office market. And with the Adani Group as its partner, Uber is plugging into one of the most ambitious data center buildouts on the subcontinent.