CtrlS Datacenters Ltd., a major player in Asia’s data center market, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Uttarakhand, a hilly state in northern India, to set up a greenfield Edge data center there. The MoU was signed in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and CtrlS Data centers Founder & Chairman Sridhar Pinnapureddy recently.
According to a statement released by the company, it will invest Rs 250 crores into the facility that will reach a capacity of 10 MW in the next 8-10 years. The Edge facility will support Industry 4.0 and latency dependent applications. The facility will also have several sustainability features.
Explaining why CtrlS chose Uttarakhand, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS Data centers Ltd, said, “The State of Uttarakhand is a fast-growing economic region in India, making it a strategic location for CtrlS Data centers’ ongoing expansion. We are excited to bring our proven expertise of serving mission critical businesses over the past 15 years to the state of Uttarakhand.” He further said, “CtrlS’ data center will be embedded into a larger digital ecosystem of the state, enabling the growth of data, infrastructure and technology-driven businesses around our facility. We expect our proposed data center to facilitate an influx of direct and indirect investments to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore and generate around 1,000 jobs.”
Speaking on the occasion, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “Uttarakhand has been successful in attracting progressive companies to invest in the state, boost the industry ecosystem and create new jobs. CtrlS Datacentres’ investment and presence in Uttarakhand aligns well with our digital goals and will further boost our efforts as the company is known for its world-class & sustainable data centers.”
Uttarakhand has been positioning itself as a business-friendly state and offering a variety of incentives to Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) companies in a bid to encourage them to set up their operations in the state. This appears to align with CtrlS’s plans to create a series of Edge data centers in India, across tier-2 and tier-3 cities. The company currently operates such facilities in Lucknow and Patna. The plan is to set up 21 Edge data centers in the coming years.
