The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of specific shareholdings in Ctrl S Datacenters Limited (Ctrl S) by CPPIB India Private Holdings Inc. (CIPH).
**Parties Involved:**
* **Acquirer:** CPPIB India Private Holdings Inc. (CIPH), a Canadian corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). CIPH serves as an investment holding company. Its parent organization, CPPIB, is a professional investment management entity that manages the Canada Pension Plan Fund across public and private equities, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income instruments.
* **Target:** Ctrl S Datacenters Limited (Ctrl S), an India-based provider of data center and colocation services. The company also offers managed services including cloud optimization, GPU private cloud, remote IT infrastructure, and backup services.
**Key Data Points:**
* **Transaction Status:** Approved by the CCI.
* **Posting Date:** 12 May 2026, 7:45 PM.
* **Location:** PIB Delhi.
* **Release ID:** 2260404.
* **Visitor Counter:** 116.
* **Further Action:** A detailed order from the Commission is pending publication.
Key Entities Referenced
Competition Commission of India (CCI): The statutory regulator that approved the acquisition to ensure the transaction does not adversely affect competition in India.
CPPIB India Private Holdings Inc. (CIPH): The Canadian investment holding company and wholly owned subsidiary of CPPIB acting as the acquirer in the transaction.
Ctrl S Datacenters Limited: The Indian target company providing data center, colocation, and managed IT infrastructure services.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB): The professional investment management organization that manages the Canada Pension Plan Fund and parent of the acquirer.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition by CPPIB India Pvt
Holdings Inc. of certain shareholding in Ctrl S
Datacenters Ltd.
Posted On: 12 MAY 2026 7:45PM by PIB Delhi
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition by CPPIB India Private Holdings
Inc. of certain shareholding in Ctrl S Datacenters Limited.
The proposed combination contemplates acquisition by CPPIB India Private Holdings Inc. (CIPH) of
certain shareholding in Ctrl S Datacenters Limited (Ctrl S).
CIPH is a Canadian corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of CPPIB. CIPH is an investment holding
company. CPPIB is a professional investment management organization that manages the Canada Pension
Plan Fund. CPPIB invests in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income
instruments.
Ctrl S is engaged in the provision of data center and colocation services and managed services like cloud
optimization services, GPU private cloud, remote IT infrastructure services, backup services, etc. in India.
Detailed order of the Commission will follow.
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