Google takes power from Indian billionaire Adani's mega-plant five times size of Paris

Google is to take power from a 30GW green energy mega-project in India under development by the renewables business of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani.

The Adani Group today (Thursday) said it has entered a partnership with the web giant over the supply of energy from a planned wind-solar hybrid project that forms part of the massive Khavda complex in Gujarat.

Khavda, which will cover more than 500 sq km – or an area five times the size of Paris – is billed by Adani as the world’s biggest of its kind, and will when fully built out feature about 26GW of solar and 4GW of wind.

Google – like other tech giants such as Amazon and Meta already a massive consumer of green power globally – will take power from the project from the third quarter of 2025.

The demands of AI, cloud computing and stretching corporate decarbonisation goals are expected to create unprecedented extra demand from the tech sector in the next decade.

A statement from the pair said: “This innovative collaboration will help advance Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy goal by ensuring cloud services and operations in India are supported by clean energy and thereby contribute to the sustainable growth of Google in India.”