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Anant Raj Ltd has approved a restructuring plan to separate its data centre and cloud services business from its real estate operations through a demerger. The move will consolidate the company's digital infrastructure business under a dedicated entity while allowing both businesses to pursue independent growth strategies. Existing shareholders will receive shares in the new company after the demerger. The decision comes as the developer continues to expand its data centre footprint alongside its core real estate business and reports strong financial growth in FY26.
Anant Raj Ltd has approved a restructuring plan to separate its data centre and cloud services business into a dedicated listed company, marking a major step in the company's strategy to independently expand its digital infrastructure and real estate businesses.
The decision was approved by the company's board through a composite scheme of arrangement involving Anant Raj Ltd, its wholly owned subsidiary Anant Raj Cloud Pvt Ltd (ARCPL), and Ashok Cloud Pvt Ltd. Under the proposed scheme, ARCPL will first be merged with Anant Raj Ltd. Following this, the company's entire data centre business will be demerged into Ashok Cloud Pvt Ltd.
Once the restructuring is completed, Ashok Cloud will house the entire data centre and cloud services business, while Anant Raj Ltd will continue to focus on its core real estate operations. The move is aimed at creating two independently managed listed companies, each dedicated to its respective business segment.
The company also stated that existing shareholders of Anant Raj Ltd will receive shares in Ashok Cloud Pvt Ltd as part of the demerger, in accordance with the approved scheme.
Explaining the rationale behind the restructuring, the company said its data centre business has grown significantly over the years and is now well positioned to pursue its own growth trajectory as an independent listed entity. It added that the business would continue to benefit from Anant Raj Ltd's institutional strengths, established brand value and market goodwill even after the separation.
The company further said the restructuring would consolidate all data centre operations under a single dedicated corporate entity, enabling better operational focus, improved capital allocation and separate growth strategies for both the real estate and digital infrastructure businesses.
The demerger comes at a time when demand for data centres and cloud infrastructure continues to rise across India, driven by increasing digital adoption, artificial intelligence workloads, cloud computing and data localisation requirements. In recent years, Anant Raj has been expanding its presence in the digital infrastructure segment while continuing its residential and commercial real estate developments.
On the financial front, Anant Raj Ltd reported a strong performance during FY26. The company's net profit increased to INR 557.02 crore, compared with INR 425.82 crore in the previous financial year. Total income also rose to INR 2,579.08 crore from INR 2,100.28 crore, reflecting growth across its business operations.
Anant Raj Ltd is one of India's established real estate developers with projects across Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. Alongside its property business, the company has been steadily building its data centre and cloud services portfolio as part of its diversification strategy.
Source PTI
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