CtrlS 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.
