Indian AI cloud company BharathCloud has teamed up with JLL for its planned expansion across India and "select international locations."

As reported by Passionate In Marketing, JLL will serve as an advisory partner for BharathCloud for its planned $100 million investment in AI cloud infrastructure.

BharathCloud plans to invest the $100m over the next five years, subject to board approvals, with JLL set to help the company select colocation sites and with design and portfolio optimization.

BharathCloud is targeting major cities across India, including Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Pune, and is also exploring Vizag, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Kochi, Chandigarh, and Bhopal.

The company ultimately aims to have a distributed sovereign AI-ready cloud footprint across the country, and is also open to looking at locations abroad.

Padma Reddy Sama, co-founder of BharathCloud, said: “This strategic partnership with JLL is a key milestone in advancing India-first, enterprise-grade AI cloud infrastructure. Together, we will roll out sovereign, AI-powered cloud centers starting with at least two in every metro and expanding into Tier-II and Tier-III cities while ensuring top-tier security, scalability, operational efficiency, and compliance with India’s data sovereignty requirements.”

Rachit Mohan, APAC lead for data center colocation leasing at JLL, added: “The cloud center market is experiencing a boost as India’s data center landscape, with capacity set to surge from 1.25 GW in 2025 to an impressive 10.5 GW by 2035 – an eightfold increase in just one decade. The convergence of AI infrastructure buildouts, cloud market expansion, 5G deployment, and government-led digital initiatives is creating a perfect storm of opportunity, establishing India not just as a regional powerhouse but as a critical hub in the global cloud center ecosystem where scalable and sustainable infrastructure development is redefining the digital economy.”

BharathCloud was founded in March 2025 and offers a variety of IT and cloud services. Headquartered in Hyderabad, India, the company says it has a "substantial" cloud network across multiple locations in India, but does not specify where or which data center operators it partners with.

Other local sovereign cloud platforms in India include Bharti Airtel's Airtel Cloud, and Neon Cloud, which launched in March 2025.