CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, a prominent player in the Indian data center market, has launched its new datacenter in the financial district of Gachibowli, located in Hyderabad, the capital city of the southern Indian state of Telangana.
The – Hyderabad DC3 data center is an Artificial Intelligence (AI)- ready facility with 13 MW IT load capacity. CtrlS Datacenters has invested over Rs 500 crore in this facility, which has approximately 1,300 racks capacity, and a built-up area of 1.34 lakh sq. ft.
According to a press release, this is a ground + 5-storeyed facility, which is aiming for LEED Platinum-certification by leveraging renewable energy and advanced water recycling amongst other sustainable initiatives. The data center also has advanced cooling technologies and is designed to comply with seismic zone 2 standards. The fully flood-proof facility also ensures 9-layer physical security.
It was inaugurated by Sundararaman Ramamurthy, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). He said, “Data centers have become a part and parcel of most of the FinTech companies today. They are important to help the industry grow further. Particularly from a stock exchange perspective, data centers have become very important.”
Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder & CEO, CtrlS Datacenters, shared why they chose to base the facility in Hyderabad, saying, “Hyderabad is one of the major data center hubs in the country, with a growing demand from enterprises, and cloud service providers. The city is one of the most preferred locations for hosting disaster recovery services, owing to its seismic zone-2 status. Our new facility will further strengthen the city’s role in shaping India’s digital future.”
Suresh Kumar Rathod, President, Colocation Business, CtrlS Datacenters, added, “CtrlS Datacenters has been pioneering the overall data center landscape in India. Having established large campuses in Mumbai and Chennai, Hyderabad too holds a lot of prominence in the company’s overall growth plans. We have made significant strides in the past and are well on track to create over 1GW capacity in the near future.”
With this launch, CtrlS Datacenters now operates 3 facilities in Hyderabad – one in HITEC City and two in the Gachibowli financial district. The company has a nationwide footprint of 250 MW of data center capacity in strategic tier-1 markets such as Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad and Kolkata. CtrlS Datacenters also operates Edge data center facilities in tier-2 markets such as Patna and Lucknow.