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CtrlS Anakapalle data center

Rambilli, Andhra Pradesh, India · Visakhapatnam market · location approximate to district level

CtrlS Anakapalle is a data center project in Rambilli, India, operated by CtrlS Datacenters. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The published capacity figure is 100 MW, and its basis is not stated as IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 29 June 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 20 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
100 MW
unstated
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
CtrlS Datacenters
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Sourced
Will it get built?Long shot1 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted○ Money committed○ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Power arranged.

Your call. Will it be built?

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How India approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in India.

Where it sits

Visakhapatnam holds 9 active projects with 2,148 MW of planned IT load between them, and CtrlS Anakapalle ranks 4th by planned capacity. Of those, 2 are under construction, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Visakhapatnam, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

It is the only Pioneer Group project ArusGrid tracks. It sits on the APIIC Industrial Park Rambilli. No user of the capacity is on the public record as of 2026-10-02, after a check of operator, landlord, contractor, regulator and lender documents. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as announced only on 29 June 2026. The money on record is INR 27.88bn (about US$325m) as of June 2026, a government approval ceiling.

The US export control position for advanced AI chips in India, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 2 public sources for this project, the latest dated 28 September 2026, and last checked the record on 20 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

One or two hard signals sit behind the announcement. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderNo
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalYes
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesNo
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

100 MW modern greenfield campus approved Jun 2026.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Stage history

2026-06-29Announced · deccanchronicle.com

Who is behind it

OperatorCtrlS Datacenters · Colocation

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-02. No user of this capacity is on the public record. ArusGrid read the operator's releases, the landlord's and contractors' exchange filings, regulator and lender documents and interconnection records. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Money at this site

Approved by a government investment agency, 2026-06INR 27.88bn (about US$325m)

An approval figure is an incentive ceiling. It often covers a first phase and can exclude land or IT equipment.

The figure covers the whole campus.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

ArusGrid estimate, grade CINR 6,800 to INR 8,900 (about USD 81 to 106)

ArusGrid estimate, grade C. Published band for this country. Priced on the hyperscale band, which already reflects anchor deals. No usable capex for this site. Electricity unstated in the band. An estimate, never a quote, computed by fixed rules published on the Colo prices page and never counted in any total.

market band, hyperscale (2024-12)INR 6,800 to INR 8,900 Cushman & Wakefield for Sify Infinit Spaces, 2025-10-16
Land
Allocated byAPIIC · 49.93 acres · Jun 2026 Reported source ↗
Site in APIIC Industrial Park, Rambilli. Allotment terms not published.
Allocated byAPIIC (Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation) · 49.93 acres · Jun 2026 Reported source ↗
Site is in the APIIC Industrial Park at Rambilli. Price and tenure not stated.

Sources checked 2026-10-20

  1. AP Approves Sify's Rs 15,266-Crore Data Centre Expansion, Clears 3 Other Tech Projects (Deccan Chronicle, 2026-06-29)
  2. Vizag all set to ride data centre boom (The Hans India, 2026-09-28)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.