CoreWeave partners with AdaniConneX for 240MW Navi Mumbai data centre

Artificial intelligence cloud provider CoreWeave is expanding into India through a multi-billion-dollar partnership with AdaniConneX, securing a massive 240-megawatt footprint in Navi Mumbai.

The New Jersey-based company announced on Wednesday that it has also secured an option to double its capacity at the Taloja campus to 480 megawatts. The expansion marks CoreWeave's first entry into India, where it also plans to set up a local corporate office.

The first data centres at the site are scheduled to go online in mid-2028. CoreWeave expects its investment to total several billion dollars over the lifetime of the project.

To power its Indian operations, the firm will equip the facilities with Nvidia's next-generation "Vera Rubin" chip systems. These processors are designed for the most demanding AI workloads, including training large language models, handling complex reasoning, and running autonomous AI agents.

Securing raw power has become the defining bottleneck of the global AI boom, making large-capacity deals highly competitive. CoreWeave has been buying up capacity globally to keep pace with demand. Chief executive Mike Intrator said last month that the company was "largely sold out" of capacity. By mid-August, the firm had locked in about 4.2 gigawatts of contracted power globally. The India expansion follows its first move into the Asia-Pacific region in August, when it announced plans for three data centres in Indonesia totalling 360 megawatts.

Who is behind the project?

The Navi Mumbai site is run by AdaniConneX, a joint venture between India's Adani Group and US data centre operator EdgeConneX. The joint venture has more than 1 gigawatt of capacity active or under development across Indian cities, including Chennai, Hyderabad, Noida, and Pune. The Taloja campus itself has the potential to scale up to 1 gigawatt. AdaniConneX is also building data centres for Alphabet's Google.

What is the outlook for India's AI market?

India's digital infrastructure is growing rapidly. A July report by research firm Wood Mackenzie estimated that the country's operational data centre capacity will swell from 2.2 gigawatts to 12 gigawatts by 2030. Within that, capacity dedicated solely to AI is projected to increase nearly 24-fold, reaching 6.5 gigawatts.

This growth has drawn immense foreign capital. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have collectively pledged nearly $57 billion to boost their cloud infrastructure in India. At the same time, local players are moving fast; Meta is currently working with Reliance Industries to build its first AI-centric data centre in the country.