Adani Enterprises is going nuclear. The Indian conglomerate has unveiled plans to build 10 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity in India by 2035, a move that would make it one of the largest private players in atomic energy on the planet.
The initiative runs through Adani Power, the group’s energy arm, and is part of a broader strategy to secure reliable baseload electricity for its growing fleet of data centers and AI infrastructure. Land for the projects has already been identified, which suggests this is more than a press release aspiration.
How India opened the door to private nuclear power
For decades, nuclear energy in India was the exclusive domain of the state. That changed in early 2026 with the passage of the SHANTI Act, a landmark piece of legislation that opened the nuclear sector to private companies for the first time.
Adani wasted no time. The group incorporated Adani Atomic Energy Limited on February 12, 2026, barely weeks after the law took effect. A second entity, Coastal-Maha Atomic Energy Limited, followed on April 13, 2026.
