India, June 5 -- Australian data centre company AirTrunk is set to invest around $30 billion (approximately Rs.3 lakh crore) in India to develop 5 gigawatts (GW) of data centre capacity, marking one of the largest foreign investments in the country's digital infrastructure sector.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the development after meeting AirTrunk Founder and CEO Robin Khuda in New Delhi, stating that the investment will significantly strengthen India's position as a global hub for cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

In a post on social media platform X, the Prime Minister said India's digital infrastructure sector is witnessing strong momentum driven by large-scale global investments. He described the AirTrunk projec...