CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, a prominent player in the Indian data center market, has acquired a new land parcel in Patna for an upcoming data center that will be built in the Pataliputra Industrial Area, in close proximity to its existing Patna DC1 facility.
According to a press release, CtrlS Datacenters plans to invest approximately Rs 400 crore in this new datacenter, which will boast a 10MW IT load capacity and house approximately 1,000 racks.
Commenting on the acquisition, Sridhar Pinnapureddy (Founder & CEO of CtrlS Datacenters) said, “We are committed to developing a robust IT ecosystem in Bihar through our future-ready datacenters, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and startups.” He added, “In response to the market’s demonstrated potential, CtrlS Datacenters is establishing this greenfield datacenter in Patna, for which we have now secured the land.”
Patna is the capital city of the Indian state of Bihar, and the acquisition was made through the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA). So far, CtrlS Datacenters has developed state-of-the-art Edge datacenters in Lucknow and Patna.
These Edge facilities complement the company’s existing network of 13 data centers across Mumbai, Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata. The company plans to establish over 20 Edge datacenters across Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities in India in the coming years.