Hyderabad to house Infosys' largest facility
By
siliconindia news bureau
Hyderabad: One of the major IT hubs in India, Hyderabad is on its way to add another feather to its IT cap with the construction of Infosys' largest facility in Pocharam. This five million sq ft project will be completed by 2018 which will house 25, 000 employees, though the first phase, which accommodates 10,000, will be over in three years and will require an investment of Rs.600 crore.
The facility is being built in a 450 acre special economic zone (SEZ) area, of which 447 is allocated by the government. Moreover, apart from varied facilities like a hostel, health facilities, gym, cafeterias, the facility is also ensured of being carbon neutral. According to Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys, "The new Pocharam campus would be in conformity with platinum-rated Leeds green campus standards, as it would be carbon-neutral and have facilities like recycling of water and solar heating." Apart from it, SEZs is open to setting up centers in tier II and III cities later. It is also open to evolving a revenue model from training the candidates, which is now an in-house activity.
Moreover, a 25 MW diesel driven power backup will be set in the new facility ensuring prevention from breakdown in the 120,000 nodes in the Infosys network. The new campus will also have about 1,000 rooms to accommodate outstation employees coming for training. Around 10,000 rooms will come in place in India with the completion of the project, which will also include the 450 rooms at Gachibowli campus and hence would provide accommodation to 45,000 to 60,000 employees or trainees around the year.
The facility is being built in a 450 acre special economic zone (SEZ) area, of which 447 is allocated by the government. Moreover, apart from varied facilities like a hostel, health facilities, gym, cafeterias, the facility is also ensured of being carbon neutral. According to Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys, "The new Pocharam campus would be in conformity with platinum-rated Leeds green campus standards, as it would be carbon-neutral and have facilities like recycling of water and solar heating." Apart from it, SEZs is open to setting up centers in tier II and III cities later. It is also open to evolving a revenue model from training the candidates, which is now an in-house activity.
Moreover, a 25 MW diesel driven power backup will be set in the new facility ensuring prevention from breakdown in the 120,000 nodes in the Infosys network. The new campus will also have about 1,000 rooms to accommodate outstation employees coming for training. Around 10,000 rooms will come in place in India with the completion of the project, which will also include the 450 rooms at Gachibowli campus and hence would provide accommodation to 45,000 to 60,000 employees or trainees around the year.
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