Infosys to set up its largest campus in Hyderabad 


Memorandum signed in the presence of the Chief Minister 

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Campus to come up at Mamidipally in 550 acres of land 
IT major to invest Rs.1250 crore with jobs for 25,000 
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HYDERABAD: Hectic efforts by the Andhra Pradesh Government seemed to have paid off with the IT major Infosys Technologies deciding to set up its largest yet campus spread over 550 acres at Mamidipally near the international airport coming up at Shamshabad. 

The IT major plans to invest Rs. 1,250 crore on building about three lakh square feet campus with an intake capacity of 25,000 employees. The present campus of Infosys at Gachibowli already employs about 5,000 people involving an investment of Rs. 275 crore and the company plans to scale it up by investing Rs. 225 crore by December-end to achieve a capacity of Rs. 2,000-crore exports against the Rs. 800 crore at present. 

The first phase of the new campus would be developed on a 150-acre plot with an investment of Rs. 450 crore and Rs. 400 crore each in the subsequent two phases. The State Government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Infosys Technologies in the presence of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and Infosys Chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy here on Monday. 

Land identified 


As part of the MoU, the State Government said that the proposed land for the first phase had already been identified while the process for the remaining chunk would be completed in the near future. "We have the entire amount with us. It is only a matter of searching the appropriate talent," Infosys chief financial officer T.V. Mohandas Pai said. 

Speaking at a meeting convened on the occasion, he wanted the State to develop the area surrounding the new campus as a notified area. The new IT city should accommodate 2,00,000 people who live and work there and the Government should design its plans for an investment of Rs. 20,000 crore in the area which could achieve the capability of $5 billion (about Rs. 25,000 crore) exports. 

(Courtesy : The Hindu)