# AirTrunk: robotics company

Canonical ID: `d58c0c77-4cf0-48de-aaac-1cbbc9d7c742`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Robin Khuda](/people/robin-khuda.md) (Founder & CEO)
- **Capacity:** 3+ GW across 20+ facilities
- **Markets:** Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore
- **Parent:** Blackstone (acquired 2024, ~US$16B / A$24B)
- **Founded:** 2015 in Sydney by [Robin Khuda](/people/robin-khuda.md)
- **India expansion:** Planned $30B investment by 2030
- **Founder:** [Robin Khuda](/people/robin-khuda.md), former CFO of NextDC and Pipe Networks
- **Portfolio capacity:** More than 3 GW of operating and planned capacity across roughly 20 sites
- **Countries of operation:** Australia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and Saudi Arabia (APME region)
- **Parent / ownership:** Blackstone-led consortium (with CPPIB as significant minority) acquired the company in a A$24 billion (~US$16 billion) transaction announced September 2024
- **Prior owners:** Macquarie Asset Management and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), which sold to the Blackstone-led consortium in 2024
- **Japan platform:** Four hyperscale campuses totalling around 530 MW, anchored by TOK1 in east Tokyo (designed for 300+ MW), plus TOK2, OSK1 and OSK2
- **India entry:** Acquired Lumina CloudInfra in April 2026, adding about 600 MW of planned capacity and a pipeline the company said could reach US$5 billion
- **Latest financing:** JP¥191.6 billion (~US$1.24 billion) green loan closed in Japan in March 2026, described by AirTrunk as the largest data centre financing ever completed in Japan
- **Malaysia platform:** Johor-focused expansion to 700 MW+ of committed capacity
- **Customer profile:** Hyperscale cloud and AI tenants under long-term contracts; not an enterprise colocation operator
- **Listing status:** Private; wholly owned by the Blackstone-led consortium since the 2024 take-private

- **Slug:** airtrunk
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** Sydney, Australia
- **Funding total (USD):** 16000000000

## Models

- [AirTrunk HKG1 Hong Kong](/models/airtrunk-hkg1.md) (other) (id: `3aa161c9-ff9a-446e-8aee-df92c11f1a48`)
- [AirTrunk TYO1 Tokyo](/models/airtrunk-tyo1.md) (other) (id: `79f5f93b-6fb9-411e-940e-c254e75237dd`)
- [AirTrunk SIN1 Singapore](/models/airtrunk-sin1.md) (other) (id: `5dc2e97e-7f79-499a-acc8-0902ddd2acc4`)
- [AirTrunk JHB4 Johor Bahru](/models/airtrunk-jhb4.md) (other) (id: `91f7d1dd-d7d4-49b4-8a81-a0b257d646fd`)
- [AirTrunk JHB3 Johor Bahru](/models/airtrunk-jhb3.md) (other) (id: `51191a6f-97ac-4ef7-a4df-6a89a942a5da`)
- [AirTrunk JHB2 Johor Bahru](/models/airtrunk-jhb2.md) (other) (id: `fa5bd36a-a421-4ba8-93e6-be1c6129d817`)
- [AirTrunk JHB1 Johor Bahru](/models/airtrunk-jhb1.md) (other) (id: `91c3ce81-a39d-4bd3-9f90-ce34679f711d`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Robin Khuda](/people/robin-khuda.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is AirTrunk?

AirTrunk is an Asia-Pacific hyperscale data centre operator founded in Sydney in 2015 by Robin Khuda. It designs, builds and operates large campuses under long-term contracts with the biggest cloud and AI buyers, and its Australian and Japanese platforms have been among the fastest-scaling hyperscale portfolios in the region.\n\nIn September 2024 a consortium led by Blackstone, with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) as a significant minority partner, agreed to acquire AirTrunk from Macquarie Asset Management and Canada's PSP Investments for about A$24 billion (roughly US$16 billion), one of the largest data centre deals on record. Under Blackstone ownership the company has kept expanding: in March 2026 it closed a JP¥191.6 billion (about US$1.24 billion) green loan in Japan, and in April 2026 it acquired India's Lumina CloudInfra, adding around 600 MW of planned capacity and a development pipeline the company said could reach US$5 billion.\n\nAirTrunk now describes a platform of more than 3 GW of operating and committed capacity across roughly 20 sites in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and (most recently) Saudi Arabia, marketed under the tagline "Where the cloud meets the ground." Its customer base is dominated by hyperscale cloud and AI tenants rather than enterprise colocation.

### What does AirTrunk make?

AirTrunk has 7 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: AirTrunk HKG1 Hong Kong, AirTrunk TYO1 Tokyo, AirTrunk SIN1 Singapore and 4 others (AirTrunk builds physical robots).

### Is AirTrunk publicly traded?

AirTrunk is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of the Blackstone-led consortium since the 2024 take-private on the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in AirTrunk?

AirTrunk has no separately traded stock; it is owned by the Blackstone-led consortium since the 2024 take-private (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).

### Where is AirTrunk headquartered?

AirTrunk is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

### How much funding has AirTrunk raised?

AirTrunk has raised approximately $16B in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Who owns AirTrunk?

AirTrunk is owned by the Blackstone-led consortium since the 2024 take-private, per the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does AirTrunk operate robots?

AirTrunk is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was AirTrunk founded?

AirTrunk was founded in 2015.


## Sources (5)

1. https://airtrunk.com/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrunk
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Khuda
4. https://airtrunk.com
5. https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/blackstone-led-consortium-including-canada-pension-plan-investment-board-to-acquire-airtrunk-in-a-24-billion-transaction/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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