Mumbai, Jan 18 : The Maharashtra government and Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) on Wednesday signed a MoU to set up a 1 GW hyperscale data centre infrastructure with an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in 10 years, officials said.

The MoU was inked in presence of Adani Group Founder & Chairman Gautam Adani and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the ongoing World Economic Forum, Davos.

The data centre infrastructure, to be set up in key locations like Mumbai or Navi Mumbai and Pune, will be powered by renewable energy, and create 20,000 jobs. This would help enhance the green energy infrastructure of this state besides providing direct and indirect employment to 20,000 people.