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CtrlS Bodh Gaya AI Factory data center

Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India · Other India market · location approximate to city level

Also listed as CtrlS Bihar and CtrlS Gaya.

CtrlS Bodh Gaya AI Factory is a data center project in Bodh Gaya, India, operated by CtrlS Datacenters. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The published capacity figure is 150 MW, and its basis is not stated as IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 13 October 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
150 MW
unstated
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
CtrlS Datacenters
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Sourced
Will it get built?Long shot0 of 7 gates passed
○ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted○ Money committed○ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Land secured.

Your call. Will it be built?

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How India approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in India.

Where it sits

Other India holds 6 active projects with 410 MW of planned IT load between them, and CtrlS Bodh Gaya AI Factory ranks first by planned capacity. Of those, 1 is operational, 1 is under construction and 4 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Other India, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

CtrlS has 4 others in India tracked by ArusGrid, including CtrlS Chandanvelly datacenter park, CtrlS Mumbai datacenter campus (DC1 to DC7) and CtrlS Chennai datacenter park (DC1 and DC2). No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as announced only on 13 October 2026. The money on record is INR 100bn (about US$1.0bn) as of October 2026, the announced investment.

The US export control position for advanced AI chips in India, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 3 public sources for this project, the latest dated 14 October 2026, and last checked the record on 19 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

One or two hard signals sit behind the announcement. 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

The operator and press describe it as a 150MW hyperscale AI factory. No GPU tenant or deployment is named.

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

Stage history

2026-10-13Announced · theprint.in

Who is behind it

OperatorCtrlS Datacenters · Colocation

Who uses the compute

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy. Not yet checked against second-order sources.

Money at this site

Announced investment, 2026-10INR 100bn (about US$1.0bn)

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

ArusGrid estimate, grade CINR 6,800 to INR 8,900 (about USD 81 to 106)

ArusGrid estimate, grade C. Published band for this country. Priced on the hyperscale band, which already reflects anchor deals. No usable capex for this site. Electricity unstated in the band. An estimate, never a quote, computed by fixed rules published on the Colo prices page and never counted in any total.

market band, hyperscale (2024-12)INR 6,800 to INR 8,900 Cushman & Wakefield for Sify Infinit Spaces, 2025-10-16
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 2026-10-19

  1. CtrlS opens Rs 400 cr data centre in Patna, plans Rs 10,000 cr AI factory in Bodh Gaya (ThePrint (PTI), 2026-10-13)
  2. CtrlS to invest US$1 billion in Bihar to set up hyperscale AI infrastructure (W.Media, 2026-10-14)
  3. CtrlS Opens Rs 400 Crore Data Centre in Patna, Plans Rs 10,000 Crore AI Factory in Bodh Gaya (Digital Terminal, 2026-10-14)

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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 corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.