CtrlS Datacenters has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to invest Rs 10,000 crore — roughly $1 billion — in a 150MW hyperscale data center at Bodh Gaya, in the northeast of the Indian state of Bihar.

For context, that new campus would carry about twelve times the IT capacity of the facility CtrlS just switched on in Patna. It's a statement bet on Eastern India as a demand frontier, not just a metro-market play.

The announcement landed the same week Bihar's chief minister, Shri Samrat Choudhary, officially inaugurated CtrlS's Patna campus — a Rs 400-crore ($42 million) build delivering an initial 12MW of IT capacity. The company says the site will serve enterprises, government institutions, hyperscalers and technology businesses across Bihar and Eastern India.

What does the $1 billion commitment change?

The LoI isn't a finalized deal, so treat the 150MW figure as a plan rather than a booking. But the size of the number matters. A single billion-dollar campus in a state with no established hyperscale cluster signals that CtrlS expects cloud and enterprise demand to migrate beyond India's saturated tier-one markets.

If it lands, Bihar gets a hyperscale anchor that could pull ecosystem investment — network providers, cloud on-ramps, and the service businesses that cluster around large facilities. Competitors will likely watch permitting and power allocation at Bodh Gaya closely before committing their own capital to the region.

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, founder and CEO of CtrlS Datacenters, said: "We are committed to strengthening Bihar's digital infrastructure and building a robust IT ecosystem through our future-ready datacenters, designed to serve the evolving needs of hyperscalers, enterprises, and startups."

He also credited the state government "for creating a conducive policy environment, fostering an industry-friendly business climate, and providing attractive incentives that have supported our investment in the state." Translation for operators: Bihar's incentive regime is now part of the site-selection calculus.

Where does this fit in CtrlS's footprint?

Founded in 2007, CtrlS runs facilities live or in development in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad and Kolkata, plus Edge locations in Lucknow, Bhopal, Ahmedabad and Patna. The company is targeting 2GW of total capacity by 2030, and the Bihar projects feed directly into that goal.

In June, the firm received investment from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to fund its data center expansion — pension capital backing a pipeline that now stretches from Maharashtra to the eastern states.

Pinnapureddy added: "Together with our ecosystem partners, we are bringing significant investments into Bihar while creating new employment opportunities and contributing to the region's economic growth. The strong market potential and growing demand for digital infrastructure have reinforced our confidence in Bihar."

What's next?

Watch for the LoI converting into a binding agreement, land and power commitments at Bodh Gaya, and a construction timeline. Until then, the Patna campus — 12MW, live now — is the concrete proof of CtrlS's eastern push. The Bodh Gaya number is the ambition.