Sridhar Pinnapureddy
Founder & CEO, CtrlS DatacentersA first-generation entrepreneur, Sridhar Pinnapureddy has founded and built to scale several companies in the areas of cloud computing, IT infrastructure, Internet services, green energy, and software development. CtrlS Datacenters today boasts of creating the world’s largest Rated-4 Datacenter footprint with 19 data centers across 9 cities in India, with over 370 MW of operational capacity by FY26, and a long-term roadmap to scale up to 2 GW of data center capacity by 2030. CtrlS’ datacenters are used by over 60 of the Fortune 500 MNCs and five of the top seven hyperscalers of the world.
Under his leadership, CtrlS has set up India’s first captive solar farm by any datacenter operator in Nagpur, Maharashtra christened ‘GreenVolt 1’. Phase I of the solar farm with a capacity of 50 MW went live in June 2024 while Phase II with an additional capacity of 50 MW is under implementation. With ambitious plans to develop over 1GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 across India, CtrlS is dedicated to reducing carbon emissions and promoting renewable energy adoption.
Sridhar is closely involved with Assocham and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and served as chapter president and chairperson for TiE Global Summit. He is also an active member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) among other global entrepreneur associations.