Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk commits to investing $30B in India by 2030, with plans to develop 5GW of new data center capacity in the country (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/airtrunk-commits-30b-to-build-5gw-of-ai-data-centers-in-india/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260605/i14.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260605/p14#a260605p14" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Jagmeet Singh / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/airtrunk-commits-30b-to-build-5gw-of-ai-data-centers-in-india/">Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk commits to investing $30B in India by 2030, with plans to develop 5GW of new data center capacity in the country</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk said on Thursday it would invest $30 billion in India by 2030 &hellip; </p>