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Nikhil Kamath Leads Rs 250 Crore Equity Injection Into CtrlS Datacenters

The private infusion is meant to speed up CtrlS’s build-out of data‑centre capacity to meet rising AI and cloud demand.

Overview

  • CtrlS completed a ₹250 crore equity raise on Wednesday, with Zerodha co‑founder Nikhil Kamath putting in ₹200 crore and entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga adding ₹50 crore.
  • The company said the capital will fund infrastructure and capacity build‑out to serve growing enterprise, hyperscaler and AI workloads across India.
  • CtrlS currently operates 19 data‑centre campuses with about 370 MW of live capacity and is executing a 4.4 GW project pipeline as it aims for 4 GW installed capacity by 2031.
  • The firm is advancing international hyperscale projects, including a planned 150 MW campus in Chonburi, Thailand, and is exploring further expansion in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
  • The equity infusion follows a larger June commitment from CPP Investments and sits inside a broader wave of global and development‑finance capital into India’s data‑centre sector that should ease AI capacity gaps but raise local competition for land, power and skilled workers.