For the past few months, CM Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Lokesh, along with the government team, toured several countries to bring big investments to Andhra Pradesh through the CII Partnership Summit. The summit has been doing some good noise across the last two days and in fact was very much quite successful and brought solid results in terms of investments.
The state attracted some of the biggest Indian and global companies in data centres, green energy, hydrogen, aviation, EV materials and even space technology showing that the state is back in business in a big way not just by ease but by the speed of doing business setting a strong foundation. In simple words, The Summit resulted in getting investments worth a massive number of 13.26 Lakhs crores with promises to give 16.31 lakhs jobs in the state.
Leading the pack was Brookfield, the global investment giant, along with its partners EVREN and Axis Energy. Together, they announced up to ₹1 lakh crore, the largest investment commitment of the entire summit. Their plan includes a 3 GW clean-energy-powered hyperscale data centre, large solar and wind projects, battery storage, and green hydrogen/green ammonia production. This single commitment itself makes Andhra Pradesh home to India’s Largest sustainable Data centre that would meet the future needs of the nation in terms of sustainability and green energy.
Reliance Industries followed closely with nearly ₹90,000 crore in combined projects. RIL will set up a 1 GW AI-focused data centre, a large 6 GWp solar project, and a brand-new food processing park in Rayalaseema, creating thousands of jobs across sectors. AM Green Group also made a mark with a ₹54,000 crore commitment. Their projects include a 1 MTPA green aluminium complex in Kakinada (Uppada) and India’s biggest push into biofuels and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) with new refineries planned in North Andhra making AP the biggest logistical hub of Asia.
In the renewable energy sector, eJoule India (a US–Taiwan JV) announced ₹18,000 crore for a massive battery materials and solid-state electrolyte plant in Orvakal, Kurnool, strengthening AP’s EV supply chain. Hero Future Energies added another ₹15,000 crore for 4 GW of solar and wind projects spread across Anantapur, Kurnool, and Kadapa.On the industrial side, Coromandel International committed ₹2,000 crore for a large port-based chemicals and fertilizers complex to support EV-related chemistry and specialty chemicals.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh also unveiled two large large infrastructure projects that could attract the investments and build an ecosystem: the ₹25,000 crore Twin Space Cities across Sri Satya Sai and Tirupati districts to boost satellite manufacturing and R&D; and the upcoming Drone City at Orvakal, a 300-acre hub for drone production, testing, and skill development.
Not just with the private companies, the government got in touch with other countries like the Singapore Government where they signed an MoU for a direct Vijayawada–Singapore flight and for further investing into state institutions and capacity building. Now, Singapore’s model of governance is nowhere beyond reach and is directly within the reach of the state government with this major agreement.
Finally, the summit’s success is a major promise that CBN has fulfilled in terms of getting investments to the state and hopefully, now the state is growing at on right track with thanks to the coalition government and Babu.
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