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CtrlS Chennai datacenter park (DC1 and DC2)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Chennai market · location approximate to district level

CtrlS Chennai datacenter park (DC1 and DC2) is a data center project in Chennai, India, operated by CtrlS Datacenters. It is operational. It is planned for 72 MW of IT load.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
72 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
CtrlS Datacenters
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderNo
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalYes
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Operator states up to 70kW racks with direct-to-chip and immersion options.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Phases

DC1 phase 1 · OperationalSize not published, target 2025
DC1 later phases · AnnouncedSize not published
DC2 · Announced27 MW

Stage history

2024-02-27Under construction · datacenterdynamics.com
2025-02-25Operational · business-standard.com

Who is behind it

OperatorCtrlS Datacenters · Colocation

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Money at this site

Announced investment, 2024-02INR 40bn (about US$482m)

The figure covers the whole campus.

Build, land, power and water
Nothing found in public sources yet. Most contractors and utilities never name their data centre clients. Know who built it or where its power comes from? Tell us.

Sources checked 2026-09-27

  1. Rated-4 Compliant Data Center in Chennai (CtrlS)
  2. CtrlS to build data center park in Chennai, India (DCD, 2024-02-27)
  3. CtrlS Datacenters mulls IPO, eyes over Rs 9,000 crore investment in Chennai (Business Standard, 2025-02-25)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to [email protected]. Dataset updated 2026-09-27.