{"id":742294,"date":"2026-06-17T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742294\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:11:08","slug":"ctrls-bags-%e2%82%b97000-cr-commitment-from-cpp-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/742294\/","title":{"rendered":"CtrlS bags \u20b97,000 cr commitment from CPP investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has committed \u20b97,000 crore in investments to CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, a homegrown data centre company. The investments come at a pre-money (before the infusion of fresh investments) valuation of \u20b944,914 crore (about $4.75 billion).<\/p>\n<p>It will acquire 8.2 per cent in the Hyderabad-based data centre company for \u20b94,000 crore. An  additional \u20b93,000 crore will be invested to set up a joint venture with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/topic\/hyderabad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hyderabad<\/a>-based data centre company, securing a 48 per cent stake. CtrlS will own the remaining 52 per cent stake in the JV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe partnership aims to speed up the development of next-generation data centre infrastructure to meet rising demand from hyperscalers, cloud services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/topic\/artificial_intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI<\/a> applications, and India\u2019s rapidly expanding digital economy,\u201d Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CtrlS, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia\u2019s 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we are not merely expanding capacity, but also establishing the benchmark for AI-ready infrastructure in one of the world\u2019s most significant digital markets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the world\u2019s fastest-growing digital markets, India represents an important pillar of our global datacentre strategy,\u201d said Max Biagosch, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Assets at CPP Investments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemand for datacentre infrastructure in India continues to accelerate, driven by hyperscale expansion, strong domestic cloud growth and emerging AI-led demand. This partnership with CtrlS positions us to scale high-quality infrastructure and deliver long-term value for CPP contributors and beneficiaries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since making its first direct investment in 2017, CPP Investments has actively invested in the global datacentre sector, building a diversified portfolio of datacentre assets and joint ventures across major international hubs.<\/p>\n<p>As of March 31, 2026, CPP Investments held over \u20b91.85 lakh crore (C$27 billion) in net assets in India.<\/p>\n<p>CtrlS Datacenters Ltd operates 19 datacentres across nine key markets in India with over 370 MW of capacity and 4.4 GW of projects at various stages of execution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on  June 17, 2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has committed \u20b97,000 crore in investments to CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, a homegrown data&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":["post-742294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}