Archive · 26 Sep 2026
Andhra Pradesh Courts Gujarat Groups for Clean Energy Investments
Andhra Pradesh minister N. Lokesh met business leaders in Ahmedabad on Friday.
He asked several companies from Gujarat to invest in the state.
The proposed investments include clean energy, medicines, factories, data centres and solar products.
Torrent Group was asked to expand medicine production and renewable-energy projects.
Welspun was invited to build an industrial park and a global capability centre.
Other companies were asked to develop edible-oil refineries, tyres, pipes and prefabricated construction products.
ST Telemedia was invited to invest in data centres in Visakhapatnam.
Emcure Pharmaceuticals and Vishakha Group were asked to develop medicine, solar-module and packaging facilities.
Several company representatives said they would examine or consider the proposals.
N. Lokesh invited Gujarat-based industrial groups to invest in clean energy, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, data centres, solar modules and infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh.
Torrent Group was asked to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing and develop renewable energy, pumped-storage and green-hydrogen projects in the state.
Welspun, Gokul Agro Resources and Chiripal Group received proposals for an industrial park, edible-oil refineries and a tyre-manufacturing plant.
ST Telemedia, Epack Group and Astral Pipes were invited to develop data-centre, prefabricated-construction and pipe-manufacturing facilities.
Emcure Pharmaceuticals and Vishakha Group were asked to establish biosimilar, bulk-drug, solar-module and recyclable-packaging facilities in Andhra Pradesh.
- Who
- N. Lokesh and representatives of Torrent Group, Welspun World India Group, Gokul Agro Resources, Chiripal Group, ST Telemedia, Epack Group, Astral Pipes, Emcure Pharmaceuticals and Vishakha Group.
- What
- Andhra Pradesh invited the companies to invest in clean energy, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, data centres, solar modules and infrastructure.
- When
- Friday; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- The meetings took place in Ahmedabad, with proposed projects across Andhra Pradesh, including Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Nellore, Nakkapalli, Anakapalli, Tirupati and other locations.
- Why
- The state sought to attract industrial expansion and new facilities, including projects supporting data-centre development and clean energy.
- Meeting location
- Ahmedabad
- Proposed investment sectors
- Clean energy, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, data centres, solar modules and infrastructure
- Torrent renewable target
- Torrent Group is targeting 10 GW of renewable capacity by 2030.
- Torrent projects under development
- The group said it was developing 3.96 GW of renewable energy and 3 GW of pumped-hydro storage capacity.
- Welspun operations in Andhra Pradesh
- Welspun said it operates a 100 MW solar project in Kurnool and Kadapa and supplies pipes for regional gas pipelines.
- ST Telemedia capacity
- ST Telemedia said it operates data centres with 400 MW capacity across 10 major cities and serves more than 1,000 customers.
- Gokul Agro refinery
- Gokul Agro Resources said its 1,400-tonne-per-day edible-oil refinery at Krishnapatnam began commercial operations in 2024.