Hyperscale data centre operators CtrlS has raised ₹250 crore from Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga with the former investing ₹200 crore and the latter investing ₹50 crore.
The capital will support CtrlS’s infrastructure expansion and capacity build-out to meet growing enterprise and hyperscaler demand across India, particularly as AI, cloud and digital workloads accelerate.
Founded by Sridhar Pinnapureddy, in 2007, operates 19 datacenters across nine key markets in India with over 370 MW of capacity and 4.4 GW of projects at various stages of execution. The company is developing the next generation of AI-ready and hyperscale infrastructure to support India’s rapidly growing digital economy while continuing to lead the adoption of renewable energy and sustainable datacenter practices.
“Every meaningful technology shift of the next decade, AI, cloud and digital public infrastructure, runs on data centres. India is at an inflection point where the underlying infrastructure either keeps pace or becomes the bottleneck. CtrlS has spent years building the kind of depth that does not get assembled overnight. That is what made this an easy decision,” said Nikhil Kamath, investor and entrepreneur.
“India’s AI and cloud ambitions will require world-class digital infrastructure at scale. I am excited to be part of CtrlS’s next phase of growth and the broader digital infrastructure opportunity in India. Having known Sridhar for many years, I have tremendous respect for his vision, perseverance and the institution he has built,” said Sreeram Reddy Vanga, investor and entrepreneur.
“We are delighted to welcome Nikhil Kamath and Sreeram Reddy Vanga as investors in CtrlS. Over the years, we have built CtrlS with a long-term vision of where India’s digital economy is headed and the digital infrastructure it will require. What excites me about this partnership is the alignment in that long-term vision. It gives us the ability to think bigger, move faster, and continue building datacenter platforms that will support India’s next phase of growth,” said Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and CEO, CtrlS Datacenters.
Published on August 19, 2026
