Indian data center firm CtrlS has broken ground on a data center in Bhopal, India.

The facility will be located on a five-acre land parcel at the Badwai IT Park. CtrlS said that the facility would possess “24/7 operational reliability and high uptime,” but specific figures were not provided. Further details about capacity and potential timelines were also unavailable.

Bhopal is located in Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of the state.

In a LinkedIn post, the company said that Rs 500 crore ($59m) will be invested in the facility. It projected that this would generate more than 200 jobs.

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, chairman of CtrlS, said: "We chose Madhya Pradesh for its visionary leadership in fostering an enabling business and policy environment, a strategic location that can act as a digital crossroads for Central India and untapped potential as a technology talent hub.”

The government of Madhya Pradesh has welcomed data center investment as part of its 2025 ‘Global Capability Centers Policy’, which offers a variety of incentives to potential operators in the state.

Madhya Pradesh is not a considerable data center market in India. RackBank and Dinclix GroundWorks have facilities in the state; however, according to Datacenter Map, there are currently no data centers in Bhopal. The primary data center hubs in the country are located around Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bangalore, while Noida, Pune, Navi Mumbai, and New Delhi also have a notable data center presence.

CtrlS operates 15 data centers in India, with a total capacity of 250MW. Future expansions are planned in Patna, Lucknow, GIFT City (Ahmedabad), Bhubaneswar, and Guwahati.

The company leased a 10-acre land parcel in Thailand in 2023, with the aim of developing a 150MW campus. This would be its first overseas facility.

Last year, CtrlS announced plans to operationalize a 50MW solar installation. It intends for all its sites to eventually be powered by solar energy.