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HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    CtrlS, Asia's Largest Rated-4 Hyperscale Datacenter company, announced the

appointment of William (Bill) Barney to its Board of Directors.

    Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and CEO, CtrlS, said, "We are delighted to

announce Bill Barney's entry into the CtrlS Board. His extensive global

experience across the data center and telecom sectors will be an asset to CtrlS

as we roll out datacenters in emerging markets globally. We look forward to

Bill advising the company as we continue to build and scale our business by

establishing hyperscaler datacenters around the world."

    An ICT industry veteran, Barney is Chairman & Managing Partner of Asian

Century Equity.  He was former Chairman & CEO of Global Cloud Xchange and CEO

of India-based Reliance Communications.  Since 2017, Bill has received numerous

recognitions for his industry leadership including DataCloud Asia's Data Center

Achievement and Thought Leadership awards. Bill also served nine years as CEO

of Pacnet, Asia's leader in submarine cables, where he achieved

industry-leading growth.

    "I am pleased to join the CtrlS board during this strategic stage of growth

and expansion," said Barney. "The company is already making a significant

impact on the data center sector globally. With India at the forefront of

best-in-class data center development for the emerging markets, CtrlS and its

subsidiary Cloud4C are well positioned to embrace global growth in alignment

with the rapid changes of digital transformation."

     Today CtrlS Datacenters operates seven Rated-4 Hyperscale Data Centers in

India spread across Mumbai, Delhi Region, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The company

has initiated its construction for its 300 MW Rated-4 Hyperscale Data Center

Park in Mumbai. In addition, the company will soon commence construction of its

2 million square feet Rated-4 Hyperscale Data Center Park in Hyderabad spread

across 20 acres. Plans are also underway for a Rated-4 Hyperscale Data Center in Chennai.

About CtrlS:

    CtrlS is Asia's Largest Rated 4 Hyperscale Data Center company serving 60

of the Fortune 500 Companies including 4,000 customers worldwide. The company

is emerging as World's Largest Rated 4 Hyperscale data center. It operates one

million square feet of data center space spread across seven data centers

located in Mumbai, Noida, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The company has zero down

time record since inception. CtrlS Mumbai data center facility is certified as

World's first LEED Platinum certified v4 O+M data center by United States Green

Building Council (USGBC). CtrlS has initiated its plan to expand its footprint

by 5 million square feet in major cities such as Navi Mumbai (2 Mn), Hyderabad

(2 Mn), and Chennai (2 Mn).

About Asian Century Equity:

    Asian Century Equity (ACE) is an independent investment group focused on

high growth Asian emerging markets telecom and technology assets.  Founded in

2013, ACE brings leading investment funds together with financial and

operational expertise to further leverage high-value opportunities across the

region. ACE's portfolio comprises of companies at late start-up stage with

steady EBITDA and revenue growth.  www.asiancenturyequity.com

    Media Contacts:

    B.S.Rao                                                              

    CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

srinivasrao.b@ctrls.in                                                          

    Lorain Wong

    Asian Century Equity

    lorain@asiancenturyequity.com

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    Source: CtrlS Datacenters Ltd