KEC International wins Rs. 1,180 crore in new orders, including first data-centre transmission line
KEC International, an infrastructure project contractor that builds power lines, railways, and industrial projects for governments and large businesses, announced on Monday it has secured new orders worth Rs. 1,180 crore across its transmission, renewables, civil, and cables businesses [announcement]. The standout win is a 400 kV transmission line project in Western India to power a data centre — the company’s first order tied to the booming data-centre segment. With these orders, KEC’s order intake since April 1 stands at over Rs. 5,200 crore, keeping the company on a strong pace after a record FY26 for order wins [announcement].
Order-book momentum builds on a record year
The Rs. 5,200 crore year-to-date intake reported in July follows an FY26 in which KEC secured total order inflows of Rs. 25,280 crore — its highest ever . The company ended March 2026 with a firm order book of Rs. 36,267 crore and, together with L1 positions — tenders where it is the lowest bidder and likely to be awarded — a combined backlog of over Rs. 40,000 crore . That backlog represents roughly 1.7 times the company’s FY26 consolidated revenue of Rs. 23,506 crore, providing visibility well into the coming year .
The table below shows how the order book has stacked up against revenue and annual intake over the last two fiscal years. The key trend is the widening gap between the order book and annual revenue, a sign of growing revenue visibility.
The tender pipeline — projects under evaluation or in the pipeline — stands at over Rs. 1,80,000 crore, suggesting the flow of opportunities remains large .
Data-centre entry fits a stated strategic push
The July order is not an isolated one-off: the company had already identified data-centre infrastructure as a target growth area. In its May 2026 investor presentation, KEC listed “AI-led Data Centre expansion” as a key tailwind for its civil and cables businesses, and it separately highlighted that its T&D business had expanded tower-manufacturing capacity by 15% to over 4,80,000 metric tonnes per year to capture rising demand . The company’s management noted at the time that momentum in India’s T&D market was being driven by “rising peak demand and grid congestion,” dynamics which also underpin the need for dedicated power evacuation to large consumers like data centres .
Vimal Kejriwal, MD & CEO, said about the new order: “The T&D business has secured its first transmission line order for evacuation of power to a Data Centre from a reputed private developer. This order marks an important milestone for the T&D business in supporting the power infrastructure needs of the growing Data Centre segment” [announcement].
The July win therefore sits squarely within a strategy the company has been articulating since at least early 2026 — using its core T&D capability to ride demand from energy-intensive digital infrastructure, alongside renewable-energy grid connections and the modernisation of domestic and Middle Eastern grids.
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