Bharath Cloud has announced a strategic partnership with global real estate advisory firm JLL to develop Al-ready sovereign cloud infrastructure across major Indian metropolitan regions and select international locations.
As part of the collaboration, JLL will act as the exclusive advisory partner, supporting colocation site selection, design consultancy and portfolio optimisation. Bharath Cloud plans to invest up to $100 million over the next 5 years, subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions.
The partnership is a key step in Bharath Cloud’s plan to create a nationally distributed and secure cloud backbone aligned with India’s data sovereignty and digital infrastructure goals. The rollout will focus on building scalable, high-performance cloud centres designed to support next-generation workloads, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G and Internet of Things applications.
Padma Reddy Sama, co-founder of Bharath Cloud, outlined the long-term vision for the project. “We will roll out sovereign, Al-powered cloud centres starting with at least 2 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.” The approach aims to decentralise digital infrastructure and bring advanced cloud services closer to regional enterprises and public sector users.
Beyond physical expansion, the partnership also focuses on strengthening India’s Al- and connectivity-ready cloud ecosystem. Bharath Cloud plans to integrate DE-CIX’s interconnection ecosystem with its secure cloud platform. The company describes this as a Digital Triangle linking cloud infrastructure, data exchange and enterprise demand. This model is expected to improve latency, resilience and interoperability across distributed environments.
JLL highlighted the strong growth outlook for the sector. 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 8-fold increase in just one decade.” He added that JLL will focus on optimising site selection and design to support long-term scalability and efficiency.
As India accelerates its digital economy and Al adoption, the Bharath Cloud–JLL partnership highlights rising demand for sovereign, compliant and future-ready cloud infrastructure at national scale.
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