Anant Raj Cloud Private Limited

Anant Raj Cloud Private Limited

Type	Subsidiary
ISIN	🆔
Industry	Data Center, Cloud Computing
Founded 📆	2023
Founder 👔
Area served 🗺️
Key people	Amit Sarin (CEO)
Revenue🤑	Rs 20.6 billion
Members
Number of employees
🌐 Website	anantrajcloud.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Anant Raj Cloud Private Limited is an Indian data center and cloud services provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New Delhi-based real estate developer Anant Raj Limited.. Established in 2023 as part of Anant Raj’s diversification into digital infrastructure, the company focuses on building and operating large-scale data centers and providing cloud computing services in India . Anant Raj Cloud’s facilities, all located in the state of Haryana, offer colocation space in Tier III/IV data centers and “sovereign” cloud services designed to keep data within India’s jurisdiction . The firm’s entry into the data center market has positioned it among emerging players in India’s booming digital economy, with plans to develop over 300 MW of IT load capacity by the early 2030s .

History

Anant Raj Cloud was formally incorporated in 2023 to spearhead Anant Raj Limited’s strategic pivot from real estate into the data center industry . The move built on groundwork laid earlier; in 2021 Anant Raj had tested the waters with a pilot data center facility of about 6 MW (including 0.5 MW allocated to cloud services) as a proof of concept for the new business .

In September 2023, Anant Raj commissioned its first data center at Manesar in Gurugram district, Haryana . This facility marked the company’s official entry into the data center market. To support its cloud ambitions, Anant Raj Cloud entered a partnership in late 2023 with Orange Business (the enterprise services arm of France’s Orange S.A.) to develop and manage cloud offerings on the new infrastructure . By early 2024, Anant Raj Cloud had also expanded a collaboration with the government-owned Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) to offer end-to-end cloud and data center services, as disclosed in a regulatory filing . Under an addendum to its memorandum of understanding with TCIL, the company moved beyond basic colocation to provide managed cloud and security services, positioning itself as a full-fledged cloud service provider .

The year 2024 saw rapid growth in Anant Raj’s digital infrastructure footprint. The initial phase of the Manesar data center (3 MW IT load) became operational, followed by a second phase expanding the Manesar capacity to about 6 MW by mid-2024 . In June 2024, Anant Raj Cloud officially partnered with Orange Business to launch its sovereign cloud platform and managed services for enterprise customers . By July 2025, the company had inaugurated its second data center, a new facility in Panchkula, Haryana, adding 7 MW of IT load capacity[11]. Concurrently, the Manesar center was scaled up from its initial 6 MW to approximately 21 MW of capacity, bringing Anant Raj Cloud’s total operational capacity to about 28 MW across the two sites by mid-2025 . The Manesar and Panchkula centers are designed to act as primary and disaster-recovery counterparts to each other, catering to clients’ redundancy needs .

Looking ahead, Anant Raj Cloud has laid out an ambitious expansion roadmap. The company plans to develop a third data center campus in Rai (Sonipat district of Haryana) with up to 200 MW IT load capacity, aiming to serve hyperscale requirements . By the end of fiscal year 2026–27, Anant Raj expects to have about 63 MW operational, and it targets reaching approximately 307–310 MW total capacity by 2031–32 through phased expansions at Manesar, Panchkula, and Rai . Management has noted that this would make Anant Raj Cloud one of the largest data center portfolios in the country, leveraging the parent company’s substantial land holdings in the Delhi NCR region . The growth plans align with government initiatives like the Draft National Data Centre Policy 2025, which offers tax incentives to data center developers and has bolstered the sector’s prospects in India.

Infrastructure and Operations

Data Center Facilities

Anant Raj Cloud operates two major data center facilities in Haryana as of 2025, with a third under development. The Manesar data center, located at Anant Raj’s tech park in Gurugram, became operational in 2023 and has been expanded in phases . It is built to Tier III standards (with plans for Tier IV compliance in later phases) and sits on a 10-acre site with about 1.2 million square feet of space for IT infrastructure. As of mid-2025, the Manesar campus provides 21 MW of IT load capacity, with an eventual planned capacity of up to 50 MW in IT load at full build-out . The second facility in Panchkula (near Chandigarh) was launched in July 2025 with an initial 7 MW IT load . This Panchkula data center is also engineered to Tier III specifications and sits on a 10-acre plot (about 500,000 sq ft built-up), with planned expansion potential up to roughly 57 MW. The Rai campus in Sonipat, announced as the next phase of growth, is envisioned as a 25-acre hyperscale site with around 2.1 million sq. ft. available. It is planned to support up to 200 MW of IT load capacity when fully developed, effectively making it the largest of the trio. All three sites are located in established industrial or technology parks in Haryana – a deliberate choice to ensure adequate power supply and easier permitting, as well as to avoid dense urban areas.

Design and Engineering

The data centers are designed with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability. Both the Manesar and Panchkula centers are certified or compliant with Tier III standards, offering at least 99.982% uptime, and the company has highlighted that future upgrades may incorporate Tier IV features for fault tolerance. Redundant power paths, 24×7 monitoring, and robust physical security are implemented to meet enterprise and government requirements . Anant Raj Cloud brands its initiative as “Bharat Built: Soil to Server,” underscoring that the infrastructure is domestically built and intended to keep data on Indian soil. The company leverages existing real estate (retrofitting former IT park buildings) to accelerate deployment; by reusing its pre-built structures in Manesar, Rai, and Panchkula, Anant Raj claims to reduce capital costs and lead times for data center construction. For example, the company reported a construction cost of roughly ₹25 crore per MW of data center capacity, significantly below the industry norm of ₹50–60 crore per MW, due to these efficiencies.

Technology Stack and Sustainability

In terms of technology stack, Anant Raj Cloud is developing a sovereign cloud platform in collaboration with Orange Business, which provides the underlying cloud management and orchestration technology. This platform, branded “Ashok Cloud” (named after Anant Raj’s founder Ashok Sarin)—is aimed at delivering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions on hardware hosted in Anant Raj’s data centers. The cloud infrastructure is tailored for Indian clients, including government agencies, with a Government Community Cloud setup to meet data localization and security requirements. On the sustainability front, Anant Raj’s facilities incorporate energy-efficient design principles. The data centers use advanced cooling solutions, including a hybrid system of air-cooled and water-cooled chillers that can be optimized based on climate conditions to save on water and power consumption. The company aims for aggressive Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) targets to ensure efficient power utilization in server rooms. Modular data center architecture is employed, allowing incremental scaling of capacity to avoid excess energy use. Anant Raj Cloud also indicated plans to integrate renewable energy, such as tying up with solar parks to source clean power for its data center operations in the near future. Other sustainability measures include using AI-driven energy management (to predict and balance loads), smart grid integration for reliable power, closed-loop water cooling systems, and air-side economizers to reduce cooling requirements. These practices are intended to minimize the environmental footprint of the data centers while maintaining high uptime and performance.

Services

Anant Raj Cloud’s service portfolio centers on data center colocation and cloud computing services. Colocation services allow customers to rent space, power, and network connectivity within Anant Raj’s Tier III data center facilities. Clients, including enterprises and service providers, can host their IT hardware in these secure facilities with guarantees of reliable power backup, cooling, and physical security. The company emphasizes high security and compliance standards, targeting sectors that require data to remain within India (such as government and regulated industries) – hence its emphasis on “sovereign” cloud and data sovereignty.

Alongside colocation, cloud services have become a major focus for the company since 2023. In partnership with Orange Business, Anant Raj Cloud is developing cloud offerings under the Ashok Cloud platform. These include managed cloud infrastructure services (IaaS) where virtual servers, storage, and networking are provided on demand, as well as higher-level services like PaaS and SaaS aimed at enterprise customers. The Orange Business collaboration brings technical expertise in cloud platform management and cybersecurity, while Anant Raj contributes the data center infrastructure and local operational support[38]. This combination enables Anant Raj Cloud to offer end-to-end solutions, from leasing racks and power to delivering fully managed cloud environments. As of 2024, the company expanded its service scope (via the TCIL alliance) to include managed IT services and security services on top of its cloud platform. This means clients can outsource not only their hardware hosting but also the management of their cloud workloads, backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity needs to Anant Raj Cloud’s team.

A notable aspect of Anant Raj’s cloud strategy is catering to public sector and defense clients through a Government Community Cloud. By keeping data within domestic data centers and meeting government standards, the company is positioning Ashok Cloud for agencies that require stringent data localization, such as those following India’s national cloud policy (MeghRaj) guidelines. Overall, the mix of colocation and cloud services is intended to provide hybrid cloud solutions. For example, early clients have contracted multiple megawatts across both colocation and cloud services, indicating demand for hybrid deployment (some dedicated equipment alongside some on cloud). The company’s longer-term goal is to move up the value chain from basic rental of space and power to higher-margin cloud and managed services, differentiating itself from pure-play real estate-based data center firms.

Partnerships and Collaborations

Anant Raj Cloud has forged several strategic partnerships to bolster its data center and cloud business:

• Orange Business: In mid-2024, Anant Raj Cloud partnered with Orange Business (the B2B arm of Orange S.A.) to develop its cloud services platform. Through this collaboration, Orange provides cloud technology, operational know-how, and possibly global best practices, enabling Anant Raj to offer robust cloud solutions under the Ashok Cloud brand. This tie-up was significant in launching Anant Raj’s cloud offerings in 2023 and is expected to cover a substantial portion of the company’s planned cloud capacity (about 25% of total data center capacity is earmarked for cloud services with Orange). Orange’s involvement also lends credibility and technical support as Anant Raj competes with established cloud providers.
• Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL): Anant Raj Cloud has an alliance with TCIL, a Government of India enterprise under the telecom ministry, which was initially focused on data center services at the Manesar site. In March 2024, the partnership was expanded via an addendum to include cloud, managed, and security services for clients, effectively making TCIL a channel or solutions partner for Anant Raj’s full suite of offerings. TCIL’s involvement is strategic given its government ownership: it may facilitate public sector projects or help in marketing services to other government entities as part of “Make in India” and digital transformation initiatives. TCIL’s role as a telecom and network consultant also complements Anant Raj’s data center infrastructure by potentially bringing in connectivity solutions.
• RailTel Corporation of India: In FY2022–23, Anant Raj entered into a partnership with RailTel (another government-owned telecom infrastructure provider) by becoming an empaneled Business Partner for data centers. RailTel operates a nationwide fiber network and some data centers, and through this partnership, Anant Raj Cloud can leverage RailTel’s network services or gain access to RailTel’s government and enterprise client base for co-location services. The alliance suggests that RailTel and Anant Raj could jointly offer colocation space or disaster-recovery solutions, given RailTel’s reach in the public sector and its own data center facilities. By teaming up with both TCIL and RailTel – two Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) – Anant Raj Cloud has strengthened its credibility and marketing reach, especially for government and defense-related cloud projects.

Financials

The company has made significant capital investments in its data center division, backed by the parent’s resources. In 2023, Anant Raj announced it would invest roughly ₹10,000 crore (approximately US$1.2 billion) to develop a 300 MW data center footprint in the coming years[53]. By mid-2025, this investment plan was revised upward: Anant Raj disclosed a ₹18,000 crore (US$2.1 billion) capital expenditure program to achieve over 300 MW capacity by 2032[54][55]. These funds are allocated to retrofitting existing buildings and constructing new facilities at the Manesar, Panchkula, and Rai sites. The expansion is phased, spreading the heavy capex over roughly a decade. For instance, the next two years (2024–2026) were expected to require about ₹1,900–2,000 crore (₹19–20 billion) in capital outlay for ongoing projects[56].

Revenue Projections

Anant Raj Limited projects that its data center and cloud services segment will reach about ₹1,200 crore in annual revenue by FY 2026–27. Further, by FY 2031–32, the segment is forecast to approach nearly ₹9,000 crore in revenue (around US$1 billion) as capacity ramps up and utilization increases. Internally, management targets about ₹12 billion (₹1,200 crore) by FY27 and ₹90 billion by FY32 from the digital infrastructure business, reflecting a steep growth curve. If achieved, this would represent a major jump from the negligible or modest revenue the data center unit contributed in its early years.

Awards and Recognition

Anant Raj Cloud’s rapid foray into the data center industry has garnered attention in the tech and business media. In 2024, the company received a notable industry accolade for its data center design. Express Computer (Indian Express Group) honored Anant Raj Cloud with the award for “Best Innovation in Data Center Design and Infrastructure” at the Data Center Innovation Excellence Awards 2024. The award, presented at a summit in Hyderabad in September 2024, recognized the company’s approach to repurposing real estate for data centers and implementing cutting-edge infrastructure. Ashim Sarin, Anant Raj’s COO, stated during the event that the award affirmed their efforts to build world-class data centers in India. Industry observers have noted that Anant Raj’s entry into the sector comes at a time when India’s data center capacity is rapidly growing, yet still far below the country’s data generation needs, highlighting the importance of such new investments

Beyond awards, Anant Raj Cloud has been frequently covered by business publications for its strategic shift. Bloomberg News and domestic outlets like The Economic Times and Financial Express have profiled the company’s data center plans, often citing it as an example of a traditional real estate firm reinventing itself for the digital age. In a September 2025 stock market analysis, The Financial Express described Anant Raj as “building a ₹10,000 crore data centre empire” and highlighted the transformative potential of its cloud venture on the company’s valuation[69][49]. Analysts have generally viewed positively the fact that Anant Raj owned large tracts of land in NCR (around 320 acres debt-free) which gave it an edge in quickly establishing data center parks without significant land acquisition costs.

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