CtrlS Hyderabad Datacenter Hosts BharathCloud’s First AI-Ready Sovereign Cloud Centre
Hyderabad, May 15 (TNT): CtrlS Datacenters on Friday announced that BharathCloud has launched its first AI-ready Sovereign Cloud Centre at CtrlS Datacenters’ Hyderabad DC1 facility, marking a significant step towards strengthening India’s sovereign digital infrastructure ecosystem.
Global property consultancy JLL India served as the exclusive advisor for the transaction through which BharathCloud established its datacentre ecosystem, the Datacenters company said in a release here on Friday.
The Cloud Centre was formally inaugurated by Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and CEO of CtrlS Datacenters here on Friday.
The launch comes amid growing demand for secure, scalable and sovereign digital infrastructure as artificial intelligence workloads, data localisation and digital transformation initiatives continue to accelerate across industries.
The launch of BharathCloud’s first Cloud Centre at CtrlS’ Hyderabad DC1 facility marks the beginning of the company’s infrastructure expansion journey in India.
Supported by JLL’s global infrastructure advisory capabilities and hosted within CtrlS’ AI-ready Rated-4 datacentre ecosystem, the initiative reflects increasing demand for resilient and high-performance digital infrastructure environments.
Congratulating BharathCloud on the launch, Sridhar Pinnapureddy said, “India’s AI and digital growth story will require resilient, secure and sovereign digital infrastructure at scale. At CtrlS, we are focused on enabling this transformation through Sovereign AI-ready datacentres and trusted infrastructure ecosystems that support enterprises, governments and digital platforms.”
“We congratulate BharathCloud on the launch of their first Cloud Centre at our Hyderabad facility and wish them success in their growth journey,” he added.
Rahul Takkallapally and Padma Reddy Sama, Co-Founders of BharathCloud, said CtrlS’ world-class digital infrastructure capabilities and JLL’s strategic expertise would provide the scale and confidence required to build India’s trusted AI-ready sovereign cloud ecosystem.
Rachit Mohan, Managing Director, Datacenter Leasing, India and APAC Lead, JLL, said the collaboration highlights the rising demand for secure, scalable and AI-ready cloud infrastructure globally.
The initiative forms part of BharathCloud’s proposed investment plan of 100 million US dollars (approximately ₹950 crore) over the next five years to develop AI-ready sovereign cloud infrastructure across India.
The company’s expansion roadmap includes metro cities such as Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Kolkata and Pune, besides planned expansion into Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
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