How Pi Datacenters Built a Sovereign Cloud Platform in India
StackOrbit helped Pi Datacenters deploy a scalable Apache CloudStack powered cloud platform, enabling enterprise and government cloud services with pay-as-you-go billing, monitoring, backup and reseller capabilities across India.
1
Cloud Region
2
Cloud Zones
3 Weeks
Deployment Time
Gov + Enterprise
Platform Capability
About the Customer
Pi DATACENTERS is one of India's fastest growing data center and cloud providers.
Founded in 2014, Pi Datacenters built India's first Greenfield Uptime Institute Tier IV certified facility.
The company focuses on hyperscale colocation, cloud infrastructure and managed services with a strong emphasis on sovereign cloud infrastructure for enterprise and government workloads.
Business Goals
Building India's Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure
Build Sovereign Cloud Platform
Deploy an open-source, vendor-independent cloud platform to serve enterprise and government workloads across India without infrastructure lock-in.
Reduce Infrastructure Costs
Eliminate high licensing costs from proprietary solutions and adopt open-source Apache CloudStack for cost-efficient cloud operations.
Enable Self-Service Cloud
Provide self-service provisioning and automation capabilities to reduce manual operational overhead and accelerate service delivery.
Monetize Cloud Services
Implement usage-based billing and chargeback capabilities to enable scalable cloud monetization for enterprise and government clients.
The Solution
StackOrbit Sovereign Cloud Platform
StackOrbit deployed a comprehensive sovereign cloud platform combining Apache CloudStack orchestration with billing automation, monitoring, backup, and reseller capabilities.
Discuss Your ProjectStackBill CMP
Usage-based billing platform enabling pay-as-you-go monetization for cloud services.
StackWatch
Infrastructure monitoring for clusters, VMs and capacity planning.
StackVault
Backup and disaster recovery services for enterprise workloads.
Reseller Platform
Multi-tenant reseller cloud platform for MSP partners.
Cloud Marketplace
One-click deployment of operating systems and enterprise applications.
StackOps 24/7
Managed cloud operations and infrastructure management.
Technical Specifications
Infrastructure Architecture
Regions
1 Cloud Region
Zones
2 Cloud Zones
Hypervisors
KVM / VMware / XCP-NG
Storage
Enterprise SAN + Local
Deployment
3 Weeks Initial
Services
Compute / Storage / Backup / DR
Results
Business Impact
Launched India's sovereign cloud platform for enterprise and government workloads
Transitioned from VMware to Apache CloudStack with multi-hypervisor support
Reduced infrastructure licensing costs significantly with open-source stack
Enabled self-service cloud provisioning with automation and IaC capabilities
Implemented usage-based billing with granular cost tracking via StackBill
Expanded service portfolio to include compute, storage, backup, DR, and managed services
Achieved 24/7 cloud operations with high availability via StackOps
Built vendor-independent infrastructure eliminating proprietary lock-in
“Quick and easy to operate platform.”
KVS Prakasa Rao
VP - IT Cloud and AI Operations, Pi Datacenters
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