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Kamath, Vanga Invest ₹250 Crore in CtrlS Expansion
Nikhil Kamath and Sreeram Reddy Vanga invested money in a company called CtrlS Datacenters.
Kamath invested ₹200 crore, while Vanga invested ₹50 crore.
Together, their investment is worth ₹250 crore.
CtrlS operates large facilities where digital information is stored and processed.
The company will use the money to build more infrastructure and increase its capacity.
Businesses are using more artificial intelligence, cloud services, and other digital tools.
These technologies need data centres to work.
CtrlS says the investment will help India handle its growing digital needs.
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath invested ₹200 crore in CtrlS Datacenters.
Entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga invested ₹50 crore in the data-centre company.
The combined ₹250 crore will fund infrastructure expansion and capacity build-out across India.
CtrlS said rising AI, cloud, enterprise, hyperscale, and digital workloads are driving demand.
The investment follows Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s commitment of up to ₹7,000 crore to scale CtrlS operations.
- Who
- Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga, and CtrlS Datacenters.
- What
- Kamath and Vanga invested a combined ₹250 crore in CtrlS Datacenters.
- Where
- The investment concerns CtrlS’s data-centre operations across India, with the announcement datelined New Delhi.
- When
- The investment was announced on Wednesday; the articles do not specify the date.
- Why
- The capital will support infrastructure expansion and capacity build-out amid growing enterprise, hyperscale, AI, cloud, and digital demand.
Key facts
- Total investment
- ₹250 crore
- Nikhil Kamath’s investment
- ₹200 crore
- Sreeram Reddy Vanga’s investment
- ₹50 crore
- Company
- CtrlS Datacenters
- CtrlS footprint
- 19 data centres across nine Indian markets with combined capacity exceeding 370 MW
- Projects under execution
- 4.4 GW of projects at various stages of execution
- Earlier funding commitment
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board committed up to ₹7,000 crore at a reported valuation of ₹44,914 crore
- Planned use of funds
- Infrastructure expansion and capacity build-out to meet enterprise and hyperscale demand
Quotes
Sridhar Pinnapureddy
Founder and CEO of CtrlS
“India's AI moment is not on the horizon, it is already here. The demand signals from hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and enterprises are clear and unmistakable…Our partnership with CPP Investments…(is) not merely expanding capacity but also establishing the benchmark for AI-ready infrastructure in one of the world's most significant digital markets.”
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“We are delighted to welcome Nikhil Kamath and Sreeram Reddy Vanga as investors in CtrlS. It gives us the ability to think bigger, move faster, and continue building datacenter platforms that will support India's next phase of growth.”
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