# CtrlS Datacenters: robotics company

Canonical ID: `c6fbb1c4-04da-4e37-84d5-5d05cb4d19c0`

## Key facts

- **Planned capacity:** 350 MW
- **CEO:** [Sridhar Pinnapureddy](/people/sridhar-pinnapureddy.md) (Founder & CEO)
- **Founded:** 2007 by [Sridhar Pinnapureddy](/people/sridhar-pinnapureddy.md)
- **Facilities:** 19 data centers across 9 markets
- **Capacity:** 370+ MW
- **Tier:** Tier-IV (Uptime Institute rated)
- **Headquarters:** Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Pioneer Towers, Madhapur)
- **Portfolio footprint:** 15+ datacenters across India: hyperscale campuses in Mumbai (DC1/DC2/DC3), Hyderabad (Pioneer Towers DC, DC2, DC3), Chennai, Bangalore, Noida, Kolkata, plus edge sites in Lucknow, Patna, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, and Bhopal
- **Tier certification:** Positions itself as India's largest Rated-4 (Uptime Institute Tier IV) datacenter operator
- **Latest funding round:** Rs 7,000 crore (~USD 830M) commitment from CPP Investments announced June 2026 at a pre-money valuation of Rs 44,824 crore (~USD 5.4B); Rs 3,000 crore of the proceeds earmarked for a hyperscale JV
- **Parent / ownership:** Privately held; founded within [Sridhar Pinnapureddy](/people/sridhar-pinnapureddy.md)'s Pioneer Group, with CPP Investments as new cornerstone minority investor post the 2026 round
- **Chennai hyperscale park:** Rs 4,000 crore direct investment announced February 2025; company projects ~Rs 50,000 crore of indirect ecosystem investment
- **Hyderabad expansion:** 40-acre hyperscale datacenter park unveiled January 2025
- **Kolkata facility:** First Kolkata datacenter inaugurated August 2025
- **Bhopal build:** Rs 500 crore investment announced April 2025
- **Renewable power:** GreenVolt1 captive solar farm unveiled Feb 2025; strategic MoU with NTPC Green Energy signed November 2025
- **Marquee tenant:** Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) digital backbone, powering ~700 crore daily transactions (June 2025)
- **Hyperscaler relationships:** Achieved Google Verified Peering Provider status (April 2025); offers Oracle Cloud on-ramp
- **Customer base claim:** Serves ~60 of the Fortune 500 and ~20 of the Fortune 100 MNCs (company self-report)

- **Slug:** ctrls-datacenters
- **Founded:** 2007
- **HQ:** Hyderabad, India
- **Funding total (USD):** 830000000

## Models

- [CtrlS Kolkata Data Center](/models/ctrls-kolkata.md) (other) (id: `aa6f0cda-2fe3-4c3b-bc4e-c41c3d7de988`)
- [CtrlS Bangalore DC1](/models/ctrls-bangalore-dc1.md) (other) (id: `60cd21bd-f4c8-4a50-8eb1-fb53ddef2abe`)
- [CtrlS Hyderabad DC3](/models/ctrls-hyderabad-dc3.md) (other) (id: `98f9700a-b18e-4cf7-a9c7-b09272180e8d`)
- [CtrlS Mumbai DC4](/models/ctrls-mumbai-dc4.md) (other) (id: `87eadeb4-b3ff-407c-98d4-e826f3269c51`)
- [CtrlS Mumbai DC5](/models/ctrls-mumbai-dc5.md) (other) (id: `bd2fa8fa-03ff-4840-a350-0da931847989`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Sridhar Pinnapureddy](/people/sridhar-pinnapureddy.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is CtrlS Datacenters?

CtrlS Datacenters is India's largest Rated-4 (Tier IV) colocation operator, headquartered in Hyderabad and founded in 2007 by telecom entrepreneur Sridhar Pinnapureddy. The company runs a nationwide footprint of hyperscale campuses in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Noida, and Kolkata, plus a growing set of edge facilities in Tier-2 Indian cities, and pitches itself on Uptime Institute Tier IV certification across the estate.

### What does CtrlS Datacenters make?

CtrlS Datacenters has 5 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: CtrlS Kolkata Data Center, CtrlS Bangalore DC1, CtrlS Hyderabad DC3 and 2 others (CtrlS Datacenters builds physical robots).

### Is CtrlS Datacenters publicly traded?

No. CtrlS Datacenters is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in CtrlS Datacenters?

CtrlS Datacenters is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $830M in disclosed funding.

### How much funding has CtrlS Datacenters raised?

CtrlS Datacenters has raised approximately $830M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Who owns CtrlS Datacenters?

CtrlS Datacenters is privately held and venture-backed ($830M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Where does CtrlS Datacenters operate robots?

CtrlS Datacenters is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## Sources (5)

1. https://www.ctrls.com/
2. https://www.ctrls.com/about-us/
3. https://www.ctrls.com/press-release/
4. https://www.ctrls.com/news/
5. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/tags/ctrls/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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