Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Adani Group has announced a significant investment of Rs 33,081 crore in three flagship infrastructure projects in Odisha.
Spanning digital infrastructure, energy security, and manufacturing, these projects are expected to generate around 9,700 direct and indirect jobs while supporting the state’s ambitious targets of achieving a USD 500 billion economy by 2036 and USD 1.5 trillion by 2047.
Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), Karan Adani, unveiled the details during a groundbreaking and inauguration ceremony for 36 industrial projects in Khurda. He highlighted Odisha’s rich mineral resources, extensive coastline, and young workforce as key foundations for growth, praising the current government for acting as a development partner rather than a ‘gatekeeper’.
“The Vision 2036 and 2047 roadmap — a USD 500 billion economy by 2036, USD 1.5 trillion by 2047 — is ambitious. But ambition untethered from foundation is just aspiration. What makes Odisha’s vision credible is that the foundation is here, the resources are here, the people are here, the governance reform is happening,” Adani said.
Key Projects
1. Data Centre at Info Valley, Bhubaneswar (Rs 800 crore)
This facility will provide critical backbone infrastructure for AI, cloud computing, and digital governance initiatives. It is projected to create about 200 high-skilled jobs, both directly and indirectly. Adani described it as far more than a server farm: “This project… is not a building full of servers. It is going to be Odisha’s claim on the digital economy, the infrastructure through which AI, cloud computing, and digital governance will flow for decades to come.”
The announcement aligns with Adani’s larger national push into AI-ready data centres, including plans for substantial renewable-powered capacity. .
2. Thermal Power Plant near Cuttack (Rs 30,181 crore)
Aimed at ensuring reliable and stable power supply to fuel industrial and economic growth, the plant is expected to generate around 7,000 jobs. It will strengthen the regional grid, benefiting households, MSMEs, and industries. “Growth without reliable power is growth that stalls. This plant will bring stability to the grid, security to industries, and predictability to millions of households and MSMEs whose future depends on consistent electricity,” Adani said, emphasising the importance of energy security.
3. Cement Manufacturing Unit near Cuttack (Rs 2,100 crore)
This greenfield facility will leverage local resources and is anticipated to create 2,500 jobs. Karan Adani connected it to Odisha’s historical legacy as the land of the Kalingan builders: “Today we do the same, but the material is cement. And the structures we are building are hospitals, schools, roads, and homes. This plant will… ensure that Odisha builds its own future with its own hand from its own earth.”
This latest commitment is part of Adani’s broader long-term investments in the state, which earlier included a Rs 2.3 lakh crore pledge over five years across power, cement, aluminium, industrial parks, and city gas distribution, announced during Utkarsh Odisha summit.
