Chennai is set for a big data centre boost with Asia’s largest Rated-4 data centre operator CTRL’s Datacenters   eyeing  an investment of Rs 9000 crore .  CtrlS has just launched a Rs 4000 crore data centre park in Chennai. This park includes  two facilities- DC 1 and DC2 with a total capacity of 72 MW.While DC1 takes an investment of Rs 4000 crore in three phases, DC2 investment will be even bigger, upwards of Rs 5000 crore, depending on service offerings, according to Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS Datacenters,

Chennai Data Center Park  boasts of some industry-first features including a natural disaster proof design that guarantees seamless continuity to the business. It epitomizes the convergence  of future-ready infrastructure, business resiliency, robust security and AI and cloud readiness. The facility is meticulously designed to adapt to the dynamic landscape of future workloads, keeping sustainability at heart.

Chennai is key to CtrlS USD 2 billion investment to increase capacity from 250MW to over a gigawatt. Out of USD 2 billion expansion plan, USD 300 million has been deployed over the past one year. Meanwhile, CltrS Datacenters is planning an IPO.