Indian mobile giant Airtel raises $1 billion for data centers from Carlyle, major PE firms

India's telecom giant Bharti Airtel has raised $1 billion for its data center arm — Nxtra Data — from private equity firms Alpha Wave, Carlyle and Anchorage Capital, underscoring a growing global interest in the sector. Bharti Airtel is India's second-largest telecom operator and the raise will…