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Friday, November 06 2020 - 23:34
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CtrlS appoints Industry Veteran Bill Barney to its Board of Directors
HYDERABAD, India, Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

    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 
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