{"id":"d58c0c77-4cf0-48de-aaac-1cbbc9d7c742","name":"AirTrunk","slug":"airtrunk","description":"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.","status":"acquired","founded":2015,"hq":"Sydney, Australia","hqLat":-33.8698439,"hqLng":151.2082848,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-10-10T04:20:27.718Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"https://airtrunk.com","fundingTotal":"16000000000","type":"hardware","roles":[],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":0,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://airtrunk.com/","title":"AirTrunk — Hyperscale Data Centres"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTrunk","title":"AirTrunk"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Khuda","title":"Robin Khuda"},{"url":"https://airtrunk.com","title":"AirTrunk corporate site"},{"url":"https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/blackstone-led-consortium-including-canada-pension-plan-investment-board-to-acquire-airtrunk-in-a-24-billion-transaction/","title":"Blackstone-led consortium to acquire AirTrunk in a $24B transaction"},{"url":"https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/blackstonebacked-airtrunk-to-invest-1-billion-in-japan-data-centre-campus-4935603","title":"Blackstone-backed AirTrunk to invest $1 billion in Japan data centre campus","sourceName":"Reuters via Investing.com","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"},{"url":"https://www.capitalbrief.com/briefing/airtrunk-secures-14b-loan-to-deploy-liquid-cooling-at-tokyo-data-centre-81d2f011-ed7f-40d2-8ba3-fbe763bdd6fb/","title":"AirTrunk secures $1.4b loan to deploy liquid cooling at Tokyo data centre","sourceName":"Capital Brief","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"},{"url":"https://asia.nikkei.com/editor-s-picks/interview/australia-s-airtrunk-to-triple-japan-data-center-investment-to-up-to-30bn","title":"Australia's AirTrunk to triple Japan data center investment to up to $30bn","sourceName":"Nikkei Asia","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"},{"url":"https://x.com/aiaffairscom/status/2107734390495224128","title":"AirTrunk Inzai $1B liquid cooling post","sourceName":"X/@aiaffairscom","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Founder background","value":"Robin Khuda is a former CFO of NextDC and Pipe Networks."},{"label":"Capacity","value":"More than 3 GW of operating and planned capacity across 20+ facilities."},{"label":"Countries of operation","value":"Australia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and Saudi Arabia (APME region)."},{"label":"Ownership","value":"A Blackstone-led consortium, with CPPIB as a significant minority, bought it for A$24B (about US$16B), announced Sep 2024; wholly owned and private since."},{"label":"Prior owners","value":"Macquarie Asset Management and PSP Investments, which sold to the Blackstone-led consortium in 2024."},{"label":"Customer profile","value":"Hyperscale cloud and AI tenants under long-term contracts; not an enterprise colocation operator."},{"label":"Japan platform","value":"Four hyperscale campuses totalling around 530 MW, anchored by TOK1 in east Tokyo (designed for 300+ MW), plus TOK2, OSK1 and OSK2."},{"label":"Japan green loan (company-stated, Mar 2026)","value":"A JP¥191.6B (about US$1.24B) green loan, which AirTrunk called the largest data centre financing ever completed in Japan."},{"label":"TOK1 AI upgrade (company-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"An extra US$1B in the 300-plus MW TOK1 campus in Inzai to add liquid cooling for multi-customer AI workloads; first capacity expected January 2028, per Capital Brief."},{"label":"TOK1 financing (reported, Oct 2026)","value":"The US$1B is a green loan led by SMBC, MUFG, UOB and Natixis, bringing AirTrunk's Japan commitment to about US$9B, per Capital Brief."},{"label":"TOK1 first in Japan (company-claimed, Oct 2026)","value":"Khuda told Reuters TOK1 is likely to be the first campus in Japan with large-scale AI workload deployment."},{"label":"Japan investment plan (company-stated, Oct 2026)","value":"Khuda told Nikkei Asia AirTrunk plans to triple Japan investment to as much as $30B over five years. Interview only; no project list."},{"label":"Malaysia platform","value":"Johor-focused expansion to 700 MW+ of committed capacity."},{"label":"India entry (Apr 2026)","value":"Acquired Lumina CloudInfra, adding about 600 MW of planned capacity and a pipeline the company said could reach US$5B."},{"label":"India expansion","value":"Planned $30B investment by 2030."}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-27T18:29:34.431Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-10T05:00:01.192Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/airtrunk","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/airtrunk","name":"AirTrunk","description":"AirTrunk is an Asia-Pacific hyperscale data centre operator founded in Sydney in 2015 by Robin Khuda. 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