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Leaders aren’t born or made; they are self-made ~ Stephan Covey.
One such self-made leader is Sridhar Pinnapureddy, the founder and CMD of CtrlS Datacenters who has transformed the Indian data center industry. His efforts are beyond simply providing the best of service to his customers. He is also committed to keep the planet healthy and safe for the future generations.
Under his leadership, CtrlS has undertaken 200 innovations combined with 25 green initiatives to reduce carbon footprint & dependency on fossil fuels, eliminate waste of water & natural resources, e-waste recycling and management, adoption of technologies to reduce air-pollution, become a paperless office and achieve sustainable outcomes. Because of these and many more reasons, the company has been certified with all major green awards.
Sridhar runs India’s largest number of Rated-4 hyperscale green data centers certified by US Green Building Council (USGBC). He has built world’s first Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Certified v4 O+M green data center and has won CII Energy Efficiency Awards for 10 consecutive years.
For this and several other efforts, Sridhar is known as the ‘Green Man’ of Indian data center industry. The driving force behind the green data centers, Sridhar has implemented over 80 innovations in sustainability and energy efficiency, built India’s first solar panel covered data center and 100 per cent air pollution free data center. He has also deployed Asia’s largest Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) and 500-acre...