AirTrunk, Asia Pacific and the Middle East\u2019s leading hyperscale data centre platform, today announced the acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra, a developer of large-scale data centres with a strong presence in India. The deal marks AirTrunk\u2019s entry into one of the world\u2019s fastest growing digital and AI infrastructure markets.<\/p>\n
The transaction will give AirTrunk immediate access to Lumina\u2019s development pipeline, existing contracts and relationships, and operating capabilities. This includes an approximately 600 MW portfolio of planned capacity, representing up to US$5 billion of future development potential. The platform will continue to be supported by long-term capital from Blackstone and CPPIB.<\/p>\n
Post acquisition, AirTrunk will scale to more than over 3GW of operating and planned capacity, across 20 campuses in six operating regions (Australia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and India), reinforcing its position as a leading global APAC hyperscale platform.<\/p>\n
India is witnessing a rapid increase in demand for data. National installed data centre capacity is set to grow from roughly 1.5GW in 2025 to around 10GW by 20301<\/sup>, fuelled by widespread cloud adoption, 5G expansion, tightening data sovereignty rules, and the world\u2019s largest mobile user base.<\/p>\n In addition, the country\u2019s ambition to become a global AI powerhouse is backed by a major government drive to build sovereign AI capability as part of the IndiaAI Mission initiative. This powerful combination is creating unprecedented, nationwide demand for hyperscale and AI-ready data centres.<\/p>\n Lumina is a scaled and established data centre platform in India, with operations across three Tier 1 markets in India – Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad. The business brings deep execution capability, a proven development pipeline and a clear focus on AI-ready, energy efficient infrastructure.<\/p>\n By combining AirTrunk\u2019s global hyperscale expertise, supply\u2011chain strength and long\u2011standing relationships with the world\u2019s largest cloud and AI customers, with Lumina\u2019s scale and market leadership, the platform is uniquely positioned to accelerate delivery of next\u2011generation digital infrastructure. The integrated AirTrunk and Lumina platform brings together global scale and local leadership, enabling the delivery of large\u2011scale, high\u2011density, AI\u2011ready campuses at the speed and scale needed to support customers across APAC.<\/p>\n Robin Khuda, Founder & CEO of AirTrunk, said:<\/strong> \u201cIndia is one of the largest and fastest growing markets for hyperscale and AI infrastructure worldwide, and expanding in this market is a significant milestone for AirTrunk\u2019s broader APAC strategy. By acquiring Lumina CloudInfra, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the scale, speed, and performance our customers need as they expand across the APAC region.\u201d<\/p>\n Sujeet Deshpande, Co-Founder & CEO of Lumina CloudInfra, said:<\/strong> \u201cOur team is excited to join AirTrunk as we continue building India\u2019s digital infrastructure. Lumina enters this next chapter as a scaled operator with strong local capabilities, deep expertise, and a proven delivery track record.<\/p>\n \u201cBy bringing our team together with AirTrunk, we combine local strength with global platforms in design, construction, operations, safety, quality, and technology – along with access to AirTrunk\u2019s global customer network and capital strength. Together, our teams will grow, delivering greater consistency, scale and opportunity for our people, customers, and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n Peng Wei Tan, Senior Managing Director – Real Estate at Blackstone said:<\/strong> \u201cThis partnership marks a meaningful expansion of our data centre portfolio and reinforces one of Blackstone\u2019s highest conviction themes, digital infrastructure. As the world\u2019s largest investor in data centres with the leading platform in Asia Pacific, we deliver scale and deep expertise to meet the rising demand for high quality digital infrastructure across the region’s fastest growing economies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00b9 Deloitte, Powering Asia Pacific\u2019s Data Centre Boom, 2026.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AirTrunk, Asia Pacific and the Middle East\u2019s leading hyperscale data centre platform, today announced the acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra, a developer of large-scale data centres with a strong presence in India. The deal marks AirTrunk\u2019s entry into one of the world\u2019s fastest growing digital and AI infrastructure markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-media-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n