Bharath Cloud has announced a strategic partnership with global real estate advisory firm JLL to develop AI-ready sovereign cloud infrastructure across major Indian metropolitan regions and select international locations. Under the collaboration, JLL will serve as the exclusive advisory partner, supporting colocation site selection, design consultancy, and portfolio optimisation, as BharathCloud plans to invest up to $100 million over the next five years, subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions.
The partnership marks a significant step in BharathCloud’s ambition to build a nationally distributed, secure cloud backbone aligned with India’s data sovereignty and digital infrastructure priorities. The planned rollout will focus on creating scalable, high-performance cloud centres capable of supporting next-generation workloads such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Outlining the company’s long-term vision, Padma Reddy Sama, co-founder of BharathCloud, said, “We will roll out sovereign, AI-powered cloud centres 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.” The initial footprint will span major metros including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Delhi NCR, while also extending into emerging technology hubs such as Vizag, Jaipur, Coimbatore, and Kochi. This approach reflects a broader push to decentralise digital infrastructure and bring advanced cloud capabilities closer to regional enterprises and public sector users.
Beyond physical expansion, the collaboration also seeks to strengthen India’s AI- and connectivity-ready cloud ecosystem. BharathCloud plans to integrate DE-CIX’s interconnection ecosystem with its secure cloud platform, forming what it describes as a Digital Triangle that links cloud infrastructure, data exchange, and enterprise demand. The company believes this model will enhance latency performance, resilience, and interoperability for customers operating across distributed environments.
JLL highlighted the strong market fundamentals underpinning the initiative. Rachit Mohan, APAC lead of data centre colocation leasing at JLL, said, “The cloud centre market is experiencing a boost as India’s data centre 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.” He added that JLL’s advisory role will focus on helping BharathCloud optimise site selection and design to support long-term scalability and efficiency.
As India accelerates its digital economy and AI adoption, the BharathCloud–JLL partnership underscores the growing demand for sovereign, compliant, and future-ready cloud infrastructure built at national scale.
