Blackstone is pouring $30 billion into AI data centers in Japan over the next three to five years, a move that signals just how seriously traditional finance is taking the AI infrastructure buildout. The investment targets facilities with a capacity exceeding 1 gigawatt.
Jonathan Gray, Blackstone’s president and COO, confirmed the plans in an interview with Nikkei.
The AirTrunk advantage
Blackstone’s data center ambitions run through AirTrunk, its platform that already operates as the largest data center provider across Asia. The company has facilities in Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
AirTrunk separately revealed a parallel $30 billion plan for data centers in India, targeting over 5 gigawatts of capacity by 2030. That means Blackstone is deploying roughly $60 billion across two major Asian markets in the span of a few years.
