Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Astreya, a leading platform-led, global AI-first IT managed services and solutions provider headquartered in San Jose, California, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to advance Cognizant's transformation as an AI builder and to meaningfully expand Cognizant's AI infrastructure foundation capabilities by harnessing Astreya's extensive managed services capabilities for enterprise clients at scale.

Founded in 2001 and operating across more than thirty-five countries, Astreya brings a 25-year track record as a trusted partner to the world's largest technology companies, including long-term, outcome-based managed services relationships with six of the "Magnificent Seven" hyperscalers. Its proprietary AI OpsHub platform, with modules for readiness assessment, signal intelligence, analytics, and agentic automation and Tech Innovation Office are expected to deepen Cognizant's AI talent pool and strengthen its production-grade AI delivery capabilities, translating broad AI potential into specific business outcomes and enterprise-ready platforms tailored to individual client contexts. Combined with Cognizant's hybrid-by-design AI infrastructure strategy, Astreya's differentiated expertise in designing, building, and managing AI infrastructure across the full value chain is expected to help support and accelerate customers' transformation journeys. Astreya's bespoke client AI solutions and its ecosystem partnerships anchored by Google Cloud Platform and ServiceNow will become key assets within Cognizant's global delivery infrastructure.

"Between 2025 and 2030 there is a projected $6.7 trillion AI data center infrastructure buildout currently reshaping the global technology landscape, with global capacity expected to double in five years. The five largest hyperscalers are expected to spend nearly $700 billion on infrastructure in 2026 alone. By acquiring Astreya and its proprietary AI tooling and production-grade infrastructure platform, which is complementary to Cognizant's AI builder stack, we will be even better-positioned to help clients architect their platform-led AI systems and operationalize them at scale," said Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S.

Surya Gummadi, President of Cognizant Americas added, "AI data center investment is a critical path for future economic and job growth, especially in the U.S., where data centers and related high-tech investment activities were estimated to account for 80% of private domestic demand growth in the first half of 2025, and hyperscaler capital spending is now nearing $400 billion annually, with each direct data center job supporting more than six jobs elsewhere in the economy. Effective and credible scaling of AI infrastructure, including data centers, requires deep context and AI builder expertise. We expect the acquisition of Astreya will meaningfully expand Cognizant's AI Infrastructure capabilities and enhance our powerful 'Magnificent Seven' hyperscaler relationships."

Astreya's AI OpsHub, with modules for readiness assessment, signal intelligence, analytics, and agentic automation, gives Cognizant a ready-built operations engine already generating measurable results. In addition to the Tech Innovation Office, Astreya's bespoke client AI solutions, extensive managed services capabilities and its ecosystem partnerships anchored by Google Cloud Platform and ServiceNow will become key assets within Cognizant's global delivery infrastructure.

"Astreya has redefined what it means to be a trusted partner in the AI era, embedding intelligence into every solution, without losing the human connection that drives real results. Joining Cognizant is the natural next chapter for the Astreya global team and importantly, the clients who have trusted us to operate their most critical technology environments. We have spent the last several years making deliberate, disciplined investments in AI: building platforms, training specialists and fundamentally redesigning how managed services are delivered. We look forward to attacking the AI infrastructure era as a part of Cognizant!" said Romil Bahl, President and CEO, Astreya.

The acquisition directly accelerates Cognizant's transition into an AI builder, where the company is helping enterprises bridge the gap between AI infrastructure investment and business value by operationalizing and deploying interdisciplinary talent capable of operating AI systems at scale. Astreya is an operational managed services provider already providing managed services within environments operated by six of the hyperscalers, managing data center infrastructure, AI lab environments, enterprise networks, and workplace technology at hyperscaler scale, with nearly a decade of consecutive outcomes-based managed services delivery.

For Cognizant's existing clients, the acquisition is expected to deliver proven AI operations capabilities - accelerators, platform IP and hyperscaler-hardened talent - that can be deployed immediately. For Astreya's existing clients, Cognizant's global scale and industry breadth is expected to unlock meaningfully expanded service capacity and accelerate the commercialization of emerging Enterprise AI Ops capabilities at a pace not achievable as a standalone managed service provider.

The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.