AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda has predicted his data centre business could become a $100 billion company under new owners Blackstone and Canadian pension giant CPP Investments after the business formally changed hands for $24 billion.
The billionaire praised his own foresight in investing to build huge facilities catering for the data-intensive needs of tech giants, and “amazing” support from vendor Macquarie, for enabling AirTrunk to steal a march on its rivals in less than a decade.
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