en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, Indian real estate and digital infrastructure company Anant Raj Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Haryana, planning to invest INR 200 billion to expand large-scale data center infrastructure in the state. The project is expected to create approximately 6,000 direct and indirect jobs, further strengthening Haryana's capacity in the northern Indian data center and cloud services market.
Anant Raj, originally focused on real estate and infrastructure development, has recently shifted its growth emphasis to data centers, cloud services, and AI-related digital infrastructure. This new investment builds on the company's existing expansion plans. It currently operates approximately 28 MW of IT load at its campuses in Manesar and Panchkula, and plans to develop around 307 MW of data center capacity across Manesar, Panchkula, and Rai by the fiscal year 2031-2032. According to disclosed plans, the company also aims to achieve approximately 117 MW of installed IT load capacity by the fiscal year 2027-2028. For the Indian data center market, the continued expansion of such local infrastructure companies indicates that market demand has extended beyond first-tier international cloud vendors and large telecom operators to new platform companies combining real estate, campuses, power, cloud services, and managed operations capabilities. The growth of India's digital payments, enterprise cloud adoption, generative AI, local data storage, and government digital services has transformed data centers from mere server hosting facilities into the foundational base for cloud computing, AI services, disaster recovery, data sovereignty, and the regional digital economy.
This agreement was reached during Haryana's promotion of the "Make in Haryana Policy" and related industry initiatives. The local government will provide support for ease of doing business, approval coordination, and investment implementation, while Anant Raj will expand its data center and cloud service footprint through its digital infrastructure business.
Haryana, with its proximity to the Delhi National Capital Region, mature industrial parks, concentrated corporate clients, and robust power infrastructure, has become a key region for data center development in northern India in recent years. Anant Raj's multi-site layout in Manesar, Panchkula, and Rai helps transform individual data center expansions into a regional computing and cloud service network, offering enterprise clients colocation, cloud services, and AI-related services. The company has also established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore, planning to expand into the global data center and cloud services market. This entity will leverage Anant Raj's data center and cloud infrastructure under construction to provide colocation, cloud services, and artificial intelligence services. This indicates that the current investment is not merely about increasing server room capacity but may also drive the company's transition from a traditional property developer to a comprehensive service provider integrating "data center operations + cloud services + AI infrastructure." For the Indian domestic market, as demand for AI training and inference rises, the competitive focus of data center projects will shift from land and building resources to power supply stability, network connectivity, cooling capabilities, customer acquisition, and cloud platform service capabilities.
In public reports, the investment amount varies: multiple Indian industry media outlets report INR 200 billion, while Reuters reports INR 250 billion. This article follows the INR 200 billion figure provided by the user and disclosed by Indian industry media; final confirmation should be based on company regulatory filings or further official documents. If the project proceeds as planned, Anant Raj will gain a higher capacity base in the northern Indian data center market, and Haryana is expected to attract more cloud services, AI applications, enterprise IT outsourcing, and digital infrastructure supporting companies.
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