CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, Asia's largest Rated-4 data centre operator, plans to invest over $2 billion in the next three to four years to increase its capacity from 234 megawatts (MW) to over a gigawatt, a top company executive said.

The ambitious plan includes expansions in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai, besides setting up data centers in 20 Tier-II and Tier-III cities.

"We are planning to invest over $2 billion in the next three to four years, going from 234 MW now to over a gigawatt of capacity," Royce Thomas, Chief Business Officer, CtrlS Datacenters told Business Standard.

"We have built five data centers in Mumbai and have a runway up to 300 MW. In Hyderabad, we have three data centers and the third one is open for business and customers are moving in now. In Chennai, we have two data centers to be delivered soon," Thomas added.

"We plan on building edge data centers in another 20 locations in Tier-II and Tier-III markets. In India, such markets have a population density of 4-7 million people. Lucknow, Patna, Ahmedabad, and Guwahati are in our roadmap," he said