AirTrunk Announces $30 Billion Investment in AI Data Centers in India
AirTrunk, a data center operator backed by Blackstone, has announced a significant investment of $30 billion in India by 2030. This investment aims to develop 5 gigawatts of new data center capacity, marking one of the largest commitments to India's digital infrastructure sector. The announcement follows a meeting between AirTrunk CEO Robin Khuda and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who expressed that this investment would bolster India's position as a global hub for cloud computing and artificial intelligence. AirTrunk's expansion in India began earlier this year with the acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra. The company plans to establish a 3GW data center in Maharashtra, with a development pipeline of about 600MW across Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad.