CtrlS, a home-grown datacentre firm, is planning to infuse Rs 1,500 crore to expand its footprint. The company will accumulate massive data generated by new technologies and privacy laws that require companies to store data locally.

The firm is going to set up a hyper scale data centre in Hyderabad with 100 megabyte capacity equivalent to about one million sq ft in Tier-IV category.

The work on the project is expected to start in the next three to four months and it will take 18 months to complete. The company will invest Rs 1,200 crore in this facility.

CtrlS is also planning to start two new data centres separately at Hyderabad and Mumbai. It is setting up two new projects -- a 130 thousand sq ft centre in Mumbai, which will be second facility in the city and a 70-80 thousand square ft facility in Hyderabad.

These centres will be operational by December 2018. The combined investment in these facilities is around Rs 300 crore.