New Delhi, June 5 -- Blackstone-backed data centre specialist AirTrunk plans to invest more than USD 30 billion (over Rs 3,000 billion) to develop over 5 gigawatts (GW) of digital infrastructure capacity in India by 2030.

The proposed investment program, which is backed by Blackstone and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), ranks among the largest digital infrastructure initiatives currently under consideration in the country. The expansion across multiple states and union territories aims to support India's growing cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure requirements.

According to an AirTrunk press release, the announcement follows AirTrunk Founder and Chief Executive Officer Robin Khuda's first senior govern...