DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Asia Pacific, Blackstone
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Aussie AI cloud company Firmus raises $2bn via equity sale
Investors include Blackstone, Coatue, Nvidia, and Jane Street
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APAC data center firm AirTrunk enters India, acquires Lumina CloudInfra
Blackstone-owned firm takes over Blackstone-owned firm
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AirTrunk secures $1.24bn green loan for Tokyo data center campus expansion
The funds will be used to refinance and develop TOK1 in East Tokyo
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Blackstone-led group invests $600m in Indian AI cloud Neysa
Neysa also seeks to raise $600m in debt financing
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Blackstone-backed Lumina CloudInfra to invest $1.1bn in data center in India - report
Construction timeline unclear
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Firmus secures $10bn debt financing facility for Project Southgate AI factory roll out
Funding led by Blackstone and Coatue
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India's Lumina CloudInfra acquires land in Mumbai for 60MW data center
Four-acre parcel located in Chandivali area of city
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Blackstone could sell two AirTrunk data centers in Australia - report
Sale would raise AU$4bn to fund expansion in other markets
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Blackstone and Panchshil Realty to build 'India's largest' AI data center campus
Will see a $2.3bn investment for a 500MW campus
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Ambani claims to be building 'world's largest' data center in Gujarat, India
And Telangana government welcomes three more data center investments
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Blackstone's prospective data center pipeline hits $100bn, on top of $70bn portfolio
A massive jump over just a few months back
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Blackstone and CPP to acquire APAC data center firm AirTrunk for AU$24bn
Largest ever deal in the data center space
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AirTrunk completes third phase of Sydney data center
And tops out TOK2 facility in Japan
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Blackstone wins the race for AirTrunk with AU$20bn bid - report
Advanced talks ongoing between the companies
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AirTrunk and CLP Power sign solar energy purchase agreement in Hong Kong
News comes as bidders line up for data center operator
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DigitalBridge joins race to buy AirTrunk - report
Blackstone is said to be the front runner to clinch a deal
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At least seven investment firms circling to acquire Carlyle’s stake in Airtel’s Nxtra data center business
KKR, DigitalBridge, Blackstone, Stonepeak, GIC, amongst those in running for 24 percent stake in Indian data center unit
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Blackstone-backed Lumina CloudInfra breaks ground on 60MW data center campus in Navi Mumbai, India
First phase due live in 2025, company reportedly exploring second site in Mahape
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Blackstone announces Lumina CloudInfra platform with 600MW planned capacity in India
Two data centers in India mark the start of Blackstone's Asian ambitions