AirTrunk, a Blackstone-backed, Australian hyperscale data centre company, announced the acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra, an India-focussed developer of large-scale data centres, marking its entry into the country. Lumina’s operations are across three Tier I markets in India—Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

Details about the acquisition

The transaction includes an approximately 600 MW portfolio of planned capacity, representing up to $5 billion of future development potential. The platform will continue to be supported by long-term capital from Blackstone and CPPIB.

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.

According to the release, India’s 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. “The integrated AirTrunk and Lumina platform brings together global scale and local leadership, enabling the delivery of large‑scale, high‑density, AI‑ready campuses at the speed and scale needed to support customers across APAC,” the release read.

Robin Khuda, Founder & CEO of AirTrunk, said, “India 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’s 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.”

Sujeet Deshpande, Co-founder & CEO of Lumina CloudInfra, said, “By 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’s global customer network and capital strength.”

Peng Wei Tan, Senior Managing Director – Real Estate at Blackstone said, “This partnership marks a meaningful expansion of our data centre portfolio and reinforces one of Blackstone’s highest conviction themes, digital infrastructure. As the world’s 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.”