Why ABB is Investing US$75m in India's Power Infrastructure
ABB is investing around US$75m in India this year, as the company expands manufacturing capacity and research and development facilities across the country.
The investment follows spending of more than US$35m in 2025 and forms part of ABB’s “local-for-local” strategy, where products sold in a market are manufactured in the same region. In fact, around 85 percent of the company’s products and solutions sold in the country are manufactured locally.
This investment supports growth across ABB’s Electrification, Motion and Automation business areas, which form part of the infrastructure that powers and manages large digital facilities, including AI data centres.
India marks one of ABB’s fastest growing markets and the company has invested more than US$230m across the country during the past decade.
Morten Wierod, ABB’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “This investment in India is an important part of our strategy to support infrastructure build-out and growth in one of our fastest growing markets.
“We are seeing strong demand driven by the country’s energy transition, grid modernisation, data centre development and the rapid expansion of the metro and high-speed rail segments.
“Our expanded facilities will ensure we meet this demand while enhancing our capabilities to serve other markets in the region.”
Manufacturing expansion across India
The new investment programme spans several ABB sites across India, with new laboratories and expanded engineering facilities. It will create around 300 skilled jobs in operations and research.
ABB operates nearly 25 manufacturing and operational facilities across India in addition to five major research and development centres. In 2025, the company recorded revenue of more than US$1.5bn in India, representing around 4% of the ABB Group’s global total.
This investment reflects the growing role of India as a manufacturing hub for industrial and digital infrastructure equipment used in global markets.
Bengaluru manufacturing and technology development
A portion of the funding supports multiple facilities in Bengaluru, one of India’s main technology and engineering centres.
ABB is allocating US$14m to its Nelamangala Campus 1 and Campus 2 locations to expand production capabilities and introduce new technology ranges during 2026.
Electrical protection equipment plays a key role for data centres and monitors electrical circuits and disconnect equipment when faults occur, helping protect servers and critical infrastructure.
At Nelamangala Campus 1, ABB is expanding converter manufacturing. The investments in Campus 2 focus on power protection technology and includes a tenfold expansion in production for uninterruptible power supply systems for potential outages.
Industrial systems supporting digital infrastructure
ABB is allocating US$21m to expand manufacturing and technology capabilities in its Peenya facility in Bengaluru. The site increases production capacity for low-voltage drives and specialised motors.
The facility also produces three types of motors: flameproof, roller-table and smoke-venting. ABB is planning to expand its digital services through the addition of an innovation laboratory and remote monitoring and diagnostics capabilities.
Remote diagnostics systems allow operators to monitor industrial equipment performance and detect issues before they affect operations, which increasingly support large facilities where continuous uptime is essential.
New R&D hubs and power equipment production
Elsewhere in India, ABB is expanding research and power equipment manufacturing that supports large-scale electrical infrastructure.
In Hyderabad, the company is investing US$12m this year in the first phase of a new laboratory and office project, which will occupy more than 12,400 square metres of leased space and house research and engineering teams.
In the second phase, the construction of a high-power laboratory on ABB-owned land will take place, covering 16,630 square metres.
In Nashik, ABB is allocating US$22m to expand production of indoor and outdoor circuit breakers.
The expansion also increases manufacturing capacity for vacuum interrupters, which extinguish electrical arcs inside circuit breakers and allow systems to safely disconnect high-voltage circuits.
ABB also plans to localise 33kV primary gas insulated switchgear and introduce SF6-free technologies by 2028.
Finally, ABB is investing US$6m in Vadodara to expand manufacturing for slow-speed synchronous generators and induction motors. The site will also add service facilities and a training centre to support equipment operation and maintenance.
ABB's technologies in electrification and automation support infrastructure across industries including power networks and data centres. These investments as a whole expand ABB’s ability to manufacture the electrification and power protection systems used in critical infrastructure.
