CtrlS Datacentres Limited has unveiled it’s upcoming hyperscale datacentre campus in Chennai, India. This is the company’s fifth hyperscale data centre campus in India following Mumbai, Hyderabad, Noida, and Bangalore.
CtrlS Datacentres will invest Rs 40 billion in the Chennai Datacentre Park, across phases. The company is expected to create about 500 direct jobs and over 9,000 indirect jobs.
The campus is located in the Ambattur industrial area and includes two datacentre buildings with a combined built-up area of almost 1 million square feet, and 72 MW IT load capacity.
Commenting on the announcement, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, founder, and chief executive officer (CEO), CtrlS Datacentres, said, “We are delighted to unveil our upcoming Chennai data centre park. Chennai is the second largest data centre market in India and holds strategic significance because of the presence of large number of subsea cable landing stations, coupled with the growing presence of enterprises and cloud service providers in the region.
He further stated, “With the government’s ambitious plans for knowledge-based industries and the resulting surge in digital transformation, CtrlS Datacenters is proud to contribute to Chennai’s dynamic digital landscape with its upcoming state-of-the-art datacenter campus. We thank the Tamil Nadu government for extending all the necessary support and creating a conducive environment for setting up of our data centres.”
The first data centre building (Chennai DC1) is fully booked and will begin operations in second quarter (Q2) 2024. The second data centre building (Chennai DC 2) is scheduled to be launched in the second half of 2024 and is presently accepting bookings. Chennai DC 2 is a ground + 10 floor structure, with an IT load of 27 MW.
The CtrlS Chennai data centre campus features some advanced features such as:
- State-of-the-art 230 kV on-campus gas-insulated substation (GIS).
- Artificial intelligence (AI)-ready with advanced cooling technologies.
- Earthquake resistant – Structurally designed to withstand earthquakes up to a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale.
- Flood-proof – positioned 14 meters above sea level. The datacentre buildings are further elevated by 2.2 meters, mitigating flood risks.
- 9-Layer physical security
- Building façade to have solar panels.
- Planning for LEED Platinum-certification leveraging renewable energy and advanced water recycling amongst other sustainable initiatives.
