New Delhi, May 31 (IANS). Billionaire industrialist and founder and chairman of Adani Group Gautam Adani has said that the legal matters related to Adani Group in the US are now behind us and the group is now focusing firmly on its next growth journey.
He said that Adani Group is now working on accelerating investments in sectors like energy, transportation, logistics and digital infrastructure.
Gautam Adani said that the biggest challenge now facing the group is not to raise capital, but to rapidly implement projects to meet India’s growing infrastructure and energy needs. He said that with the expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the demand for digital infrastructure that increases power consumption is also increasing rapidly.
Chairman of Adani Group described the rights issue of Rs 24,930 crore of the group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises as a symbol of the confidence of investors. He said this came at a time when the group was facing questions regarding corporate governance and regulatory issues.
He said, “It was a year when the world was becoming more divided and complex. Energy security was again at the center of national strategy and technology was directly linked to the sovereignty of any country. Yet the Adani Group remained steadfast in its belief that India’s future cannot wait.”
He further said that while others were debating, Adani Group was building and developing and continuing its journey as the world’s most integrated infrastructure platform across energy, transportation, logistics, utilities and industrial manufacturing sectors.
Gautam Adani said that this progress did not happen under easy circumstances. Spanning sectors from ports to energy, the group faced extraordinary scrutiny and challenges.
He said, “But we did not bow down nor stop.”
He further said, “We are identified not by the noise around us, but by the strength of our response. We are identified not by the intensity of the challenges, but by the clarity of our purpose. Not by the criticisms, but by the belief in nation building on which we are continuously working.”
Gautam Adani said, “The issues related to the ongoing legal matters in the US are now behind us. This has given us the opportunity to focus on our next growth journey with new confidence and belief.”
He described the group’s strategy as based on two key growth pillars – infrastructure and intelligence. He says that the rapidly increasing use of Artificial Intelligence will require large-scale investment in power generation, transmission networks, data centers and logistics infrastructure.
“There needs to be a flow of energy before an AI can think,” he said.
The combined revenue of Adani group companies in the financial year 2025-26 was Rs 2.92 lakh crore, which is 7.4 percent more than the previous year. The group’s profit after tax increased by 13.9 percent to Rs 46,377 crore.
–IANS
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