Blackstone has launched Lumina CloudInfra (Lumina), a data center platform owned and managed by Blackstone’s Real Estate and Tactical Opportunities funds.
Anil Reddy, formerly head of global cloud infrastructure at Microsoft, will head the platform and serve as the global CEO.
Lumina has two seeded assets in India. The Indian data center market projects to surpass $10 billion by 2027, according to Arizton.
“[The launch addresses] India’s growing demand for mission critical data infrastructure. Growth of the public and private cloud is one of our highest conviction investment themes globally, particularly in India where many of our investments have centered around technology-enabled businesses