CtrlS sets benchmark with India’s first quake-resistant, air pollution free data centre

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-headquartered and Asia’s largest Rated-4 Hyperscale Data Centre CtrlS has set a benchmark by creating India’s only 100 per cent quake-resistant and air pollution free data centre facility at Noida. The air pollution in the National Capital Region has been a major concern resulting in unhealthy air for human lungs as well as tech […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-headquartered and Asia’s largest Rated-4 Hyperscale Data Centre CtrlS has set a benchmark by creating India’s only 100 per cent quake-resistant and air pollution free data centre facility at Noida.

The air pollution in the National Capital Region has been a major concern resulting in unhealthy air for human lungs as well as tech equipment such as servers. The presence of hazardous gases such as sulphur dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide in air in the region is reportedly leading to rusting (corrosion) of metals/servers/hard disks etc. To address this challenge, CtrlS built India’s first air pollution free data centre at Noida.

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“We have invested a few million dollars in an air filtration plant that takes in the contaminated air, scrubs it and pumps clean air into our data centre. The clean air, which is pumped into our data centre is both healthy for humans as well as computers. Due to the elimination of all pollutants, all humans (100-member workforce) breathe healthy air while systems in the data centre are safe,” Sridhar Pinnapureddy, founder and CEO, CtrlS, told Telangana Today.

“Noida falls in seismic zone 4. However, we have built a 100 per cent quake-resistant data centre, making it match seismic zone 5 standards. Our data centre will neither crack nor collapse when a quake with magnitude (Richter Scale) 7 to 9 takes place. Therefore, we call our data centre ‘Built to Last’,” he added.

Sustainable centre

In addition to this, the facility is also certified as a LEED Platinum v4 O+M data centre (green data centre), reinforcing the company’s commitment to sustainability.

Moreover, the Noida data centre has had 100 per cent uptime (zero downtime) since inception, besides being a carrier neutral facility with industry lowest power usage effectiveness (PUE) at 1.35-level while the industry average is around 2 and above. There is no network failure due to the fibre paths and seamless power availability as the data centre is built based on ANSI/TIA standards.

BS Rao, VP, Marketing, CtrlS, said, “The composition and structural framework of the data centre had to be different to achieve the differentiation of making it air pollution free, quake resistant and a green facility. We have enormously reduced energy consumption at the facility. We are also taking up e-waste and water recycling at this centre. Noida is playing its part in our pan-India effort of reducing 2,00,000 metric tonnes of carbon. And we are aiming to reduce 5,00,000 metric tonnes. We are open to replicate the Noida model in other places where sulphur dioxide content could be a concern.”

Military-grade security  

Rao further added, “Another distinction of the Noida centre has been its nine-zone security, taking the security standards of the facility to the next level. We offer military-grade data centres aimed at protecting our customers’ critical data.”

The company, which is setting up its second centre in Noida in the next 24 months, is planning to replicate all the unique features of the first centre, which is first among peers in the city.

“CtrlS today operates over one million square feet of data centre space spread across multiple data centres located in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Noida and Bengaluru, accounting for 25 per cent of India’s data centre market, scaling from zero per cent a decade ago,” Pinnapureddy added.

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