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The '''Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City''', abbreviated as '''HITEC City''', is an Indian ] located in ], ], India. HITEC City is spread across {{cvt|81|ha}} of land under the suburbs of ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] all the combined technology townships is also known as '''Cyberabad''' with a radius of {{cvt|52.48|km}} surrounding approximate area of {{cvt|6100|ha}}. HITEC City is within {{convert|2|km}} of the residential and commercial suburb of ].
'''HITEC City''' stands for '''H'''yderabad '''I'''nformation '''T'''echnology '''E'''ngineering '''C'''onsultancy City, a major technology ] which is at the center of the ].

This area falls under suburbs like Madhapur, Kondapur, Gachibowli, Nanakramguda, Manikonda, Thellapur etc.

The project was initiated by APIIC with participation of private infrastructure companies like L&T, Raheja corporation, Ascendas ITPark,Vanenburg Corporation,SP,RMZ corporation,Divyasree infrastructure, Lancohills technology park,DLF, EmaarMGF and others. The area acts as a major IT hub of Hyderabad. It comprises IT parks such as L&T Infocity, Hitech City2 SEZ, Vanenburg IT Park or The V, Mindspace Cyberabad SEZ, DLF IT SEZ, Satyam Computers IT SEZ, TCS Synergy park IT SEZ, SEZs of Infosys, Wipro and APIIC, built to suit campuses of several major technology companies. Other infrastructure includes

* ] Hyderabad<ref></ref>
* Hyderabad International Convention Center<ref></ref>
* The Mall of Hyderabad - ]<ref></ref>
* HITEX Exhibition Center<ref></ref>
* ]<ref></ref>
* Inorbit Mall<ref></ref>
* Westin Hotel Raheja<ref></ref>


==History== ==History==
HITEC City was commissioned by the former ], adjoining Cyberabad to the west of Hyderabad and was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India ] on 22 November 1998.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.cities.2014.11.008 | title=Hyderabad: Visioning, restructuring and making of a high-tech city | year=2015 | last1=Das | first1=Diganta | journal=Cities | volume=43 | pages=48–58 }}</ref> In 1997, The then Chief Minister ] travelled to Southeast Asia to meet potential investors and to 'market the state' and was impressed with the larger technology related developments of Singapore and Malaysia – especially Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) near Kuala Lumpur. Soon after coming back from his Southeast Asia tour, Naidu initiated a $350 million knowledge enclave in Hyderabad, leading to birth of HITEC City.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.cities.2014.11.008 | title=Hyderabad: Visioning, restructuring and making of a high-tech city | year=2015 | last1=Das | first1=Diganta | journal=Cities | volume=43 | pages=48–58 }}</ref>
Soon after India started witnessing an IT revolution with Bangalore, Mumbai,Chennai and Delhi as key IT hubs, the government of AP realised the need for infrastructure to attract investments of several IT companies. It was a well known fact that a large number of IT professionals working in ] and other technology hubs were from this region. This prompted the government to start the project with private investments. The project was commissioned initially with L&T ECC and was named L&T INFOCITY. Then several other companies started to partner with the government after the project's success.


==L&T INFOCITY== == Cityscape ==
{{Wide image| Gachibowli_IT_%26_Financial_District_Skyline_View,_Dec_2018.jpg|1280px|Financial District and ] India Development Center}}
L&T Infocity is the first software technology park layout in HITEC CITY which attracted
major technology companies like ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. This is a project initiated by APIIC and L&T ECC. Infocity is spread over 151 acres and has a total builtup area of 5 million square feet. It provides employment to about 45,000 professionals. The layout has multitenant and built to suit facilities, the former providing both plug and play and permanent facilities while the latter provides permanent facilities with capacity to expand. Plots were sold to infrastructure companies to enable faster delivery to several companies. ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Electronic Data Processing and Valuelabs have built to suit facilities. The multitenant buildings include Cyber Towers, Cyber Gateway and Cyber Pearl. Cyber Towers still remains as the standard landmark of HITEC CITY.


== Cyber Towers == ==Foundation of HITEC City==
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Cyber Towers is the first phase of HITEC City and was inaugurated in November 1998. Companies include ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] , Orbees, Four Soft operate offshore development facilities or ]s in this four-quadrant, 10-story building.


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The Cyber Towers building is divided into four quadrants with a large fountain in the middle of the quadrants. On the ground floor, there are ]s, ]s, courier services, book shops, gift shops, a snack bar, and "The Windows of the World" restaurant. The ground floor becomes a break area in the evening for many employees.
With a total 10 floors, part of the 6th and 7th floors and all of the 8th floor are occupied by ].
Cyber Towers was the first tower to be built for the promotion of Information Technology (IT). Within the span of 14 months, the unique design was selected by ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/city-life-hyderabad-cyber-towers-where-the-young-hope-to-be-hi-tech-maharajahs-1122852.html|title=City Life Hyderabad: Cyber Towers, where the young hope to be hi-tech|date=28 September 1999|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> in 1997 to stand as a Monument in city of Hyderabad and as an architectural masterpiece in the center of Cyberabad. The ] was set up and totally revamped the way of policing under safety and surveillance accomplishing HITEC City has emerged as the symbolic heart of cosmopolitan Hyderabad and it was initially marketed by both the officials of APIIC and L&T Infocity Ltd (the public and private sector partner). Companies such as Orbees Business Solutions, Knowledge Matrix India Pvt Ltd., 7 Hills Business Solutions, AppLabs, Keane Inc NTT DATA, Microsoft, Patni Computer Systems, Oracle Corporation, GE Capital, Whishworks, Prithvi Information Solutions, Naia Software Solutions India Pvt Ltd., Four Soft operate and call centers operate from this four-quadrant, 10-story building. The Cyber Towers building is divided into four quadrants with a large fountain in the middle of the quadrants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southreport.com/20-things-about-cyberabad-that-will-make-you-proud/|title=20 facts you should know about Cyberabad, India's First and Largest Cyber City.|date=27 January 2016|website=South Report.|language=en-US|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220082011/http://www.southreport.com/20-things-about-cyberabad-that-will-make-you-proud/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another large building of office space named Cyber Gateway has been built comprises over 866,000 square feet (80,500 square meters) across 8 acres (3.25 ha).


== Key Campuses ==
Four Soft Ltd, as the leading provider of innovative software products exclusively for transportation, logistics and supply-chain management market place can be found on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floor of this building.


== Cyber Gateway (Phase II) == === Laxmi Cyber City ===
Laxmi Cyber City, started construction from 2005 and built span of two years by 2007 operations started. It consists of three blocks.
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A block- HSBC GLT
The Cyber Gateway is Phase II of HITEC City. A giant arch in front of the building stands as a gateway to the rest of HITEC City and hence the name. It comprises over 866,000 ft² (80,500 m²) of office space across 8 acres (32,000 m²) of land with a glass façade, landscaped gardens, and waiting lounge.
B block- E&Y, Inventiv, etc.
C block- ADP
The property is close to 1 Million sft. and shares its heritage with Laxmi Cyber Centre (Banjara Hills), Laxmi CentrePoint (Begumpet GE), Laxmi Cyber Point, Laxmi Cyber Towers SEZ etc.


=== R & D center ===
The Cyber Gateway is designed for ] and ] services with multiple redundancies for connectivity and power. Large offshore processing operations operate out of this building. ], ], ], Lanco Global Systems and ] were the first companies to start operations at the Cyber Gateway. They were soon followed by ], ], Vertex Computer Systems and others. Soon the companies grew in size and operations and started to build their own campuses.
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Microsoft India Development Center is one of Microsoft's largest R&D centers outside the Redmond headquarters, Washington state. Set up in Hyderabad in 1998. Then Chief minister ] arranged a meeting with ] founder of Microsoft <ref>{{Cite news|last=Menon|first=Rashmi|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/when-chandrababu-naidu-and-bill-gatess-10-minute-meeting-lasted-for-45/articleshow/57403281.cms?from=mdr|title=When Chandrababu Naidu and Bill Gates's 10-minute meeting lasted for 45|date=1 March 2017|work=The Economic Times|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> and discussed about the infrastructure provided and human resources availability in the state while managed him to build their sprawling 54 acres ] campus of LEED Gold Certification for one of its buildings in hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/msidc/hyderabad-campus.aspx|title=Hyderabad Campus {{!}} Microsoft India Development Center|website=www.microsoft.com|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> The Microsoft Corporation is the first multinational company to build a research and development center in Cyberabad.


=== L&T Infocity ===
The Cyber gateway has a spacious amphitheatre located near the first block. Many IT professionals use this amphitheatre to relax after work. There are several small fountains placed at various places. A large cafeteria operates round the clock.
Infocity is the first software technology park layout in HITEC CITY which attracted
major technology companies like ], ], ], s2Tech Technologies etc.


=== CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre ===
There are banks, hotels and ATMs in the first and second floors. Except for the Citibank ATM in the HITEC City towers, almost all ATMs are there.
CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII-Godrej GBC) was established in the year 2004, as CII's Developmental Institute on Green Practices & Businesses, aimed at offering advisory services on conservation of natural resources. The Green Business Centre was inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. A.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;J. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India on 14 July 2004.


The Services of Green Business Centre include energy management, green buildings, green companies, renewable energy, GHG inventorisation, green product certification, waste management, and cleaner production process.
==Transport==
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== Hyderabad International Convention Centre ==
The nearest ] station is around 2 kilometres away on the ] road, which connects to important parts of the city. Taxis and autos shuttle between the station and the city. Metro rail access is being planned for completion by 2012 and is expected to complement the already existing MMTS.
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In process of making India's favorite meetings and events destination in Hyderabad, then chief minister ] created a convention hub with the Hyderabad International Convention Centre,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Commoner/2017-11-30/Chandrababu-Naidu-misses-global-summit/342069|title=Chandrababu Naidu misses global summit in Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC)|last=INDIA|first=THE HANS|date=30 November 2017|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Samal|first=Itishree|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/hyderabad-is-also-the-convention-hub-of-india-111031500064_1.html|title=Hyderabad is also the convention hub of India|date=15 March 2011|work=Business Standard India|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref> is a purpose-built, state-of-the-art convention facility, the first of its kind in South Asia. The convention centre was built by ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emaarmgf.com/ |title=Emaar MGF |publisher=Emaar MGF |access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref> of India. It has been the winner of the excellence award for “Best Standalone Convention Centre” for a record four times, nationally awarded by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the company is part owned by ] of ]. The facility is managed by Accor Hospitality.
The Hyderabad International Convention Centre with 5,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hicc.com/about-hicc.html|title=About HICC {{!}} Hyderabad International Convention Centre|website=www.hicc.com|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref> ] is India's largest convention facility. It is an integrated {{convert|27000|m2|sqft|adj=on}} covering {{cvt|15|acre|order=flip}}. The centre can be configured to increase ] to about 6,500. The convention center is connected to Novotel Hyderabad, an international business hotel, it has 288 rooms and is equipped with meeting rooms, restaurants, business centre, spa and a health club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hicc.com/novotel-hyderabad-convention-centre.html|title=Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre {{!}} Hyderabad International Convention Centre|website=www.hicc.com|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>


== Raheja Mindspace IT Park ==
Most of the MNCs located here provide cab facilities to its employees, and transport is not a problem. Also the state runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city.
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The ], is a park that includes residential, recreational, entertainment, and retail spaces. The park provides about {{convert|4000000|sqft|m2|order=flip}} of office space.
== Cyber Pearl (An Ascendas IT Park) ==
Spread across {{convert|110|acres|ha|order=flip}}, this layout also provides about 40% open space with telecommunications and civic infrastructure, wide roads and greenery. The district witnessed immediate success with over {{convert|1|e6sqft|abbr=off|order=flip}} built and occupied within just 14 months of starting the project. The park provides both multi-tenant and built to suit facilities. Companies such as ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] have built to suit facilities in the park with 10000 workers within them. Other companies in multitenant facilities include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. As of 2008 March, 20,000 people work in the park. The park is a notified SEZ and is set to accommodate about 55,000 IT workers making it the largest of the IT parks in HITEC city. The park also has a Westin Hotel and Inorbit Mall which have been opened in the second half of 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindspaceindia.com/madhapur/|title=Best IT Park in Hyderabad {{!}} Madhapur IT Park|website=Mindspace|language=en-US|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
Cyber Pearl would have been named ''Cyber Oasis'', but since Hyderabad is associated with ], ] was considered more appropriate. The park accommodates over 5000 IT professionals with 5 million square feet of office space. Companies located at Cyber Pearl are
]
* Sitel India Ltd
], HITEC City]]
* ]
Map of Mindspace Park
* ]
* ]
* Satyam One (Satyam Computer Services BPO Arm)
* ] Research Pvt Ltd<ref></ref>
* ] /Valyd Software<ref></ref>
* SD Softech


* Building - 1 - Accenture.
== Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) ==
* Building - 2 -Tech Mahindra, GE, ], ], Bank of America, ], ], Beryl Consulting
]
* Building - 3 - IBM.
Hyderabad International Convention Center was built by ]<ref></ref> of ]. The company is part owned by Emaar of ].
* Building - 4 - Computer Sciences Corporation.
The Hyderabad International Convention Center with 4,000 ] is ]'s largest and the most technologically advanced convention facility. It is an integrated 291,000 square foot (27,000 m²) facility with a 287-room-capacity business hotel, Novotel Hyderabad, covering 15 acres (61,000 m²). This air-conditioned center can be configured to increase seating capacity to about 6,500.
* Building - 5 - Bank of America, Redpine Signals.
* Building - 6 - Qualcomm.
* Building - 7 - Computer Sciences Corporation.
* Building - 8 - Qualcomm, ], Deloitte, ]
* Building - 9 - Verizon, Amazon, Broadcom, Qualcomm, ], Deloitte, ].
* Building - 10 - Verizon, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Raheja India.
* Building - 11 - ], Thomson Reuters, ].
* Building - 12A - Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pegasystems Inc.
* Building - 14 - Portware, United Health Group, Persistent Systems & Solutions Ltd, OpenText Corporation, LGS Global Ltd, Trianz, Yash Technologies Pvt. Ltd, ZenQ, Verity Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd.
* Building - 20 - Parexel, vSplash Techlabs Pvt. Ltd, Cognizant Technology Solutions, YASH Technologies, ], OMICS, PROLIFICS (Semantic Space Technologies).
* Building - 21 - Colruyt IT Consultancy
* HUDA Techno Enclave - Ocimum Bio Solutions


== HITEX Exhibition Center == == HITEX Exhibition Centre ==
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Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited (HITEX)<ref></ref> is a state-of-the-art venue for international exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, and corporate events in India. It was conceptualized by German architects and inaugurated on January 14, 2003 by Commerce ] Arun Shourie, and the Trade Fair Office Building by ] former Chief Minister ]. Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited (HITEX)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitex.co.in |title=Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited |publisher=HITEX |access-date=24 November 2011}}</ref> is a venue for international exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, and corporate events in India. Exhibition centre was conceptualised by German architects and opened on 14 January 2003 by Commerce ] Arun Shourie, and the Hitex Trade Fair Office Building was inaugurated by ] former Chief Minister ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/phase-i-of-hitex-opens-today-103011401081_1.html|title=Phase I Of Hitex Opens Today|last=Bureau|first=Our Regional|date=14 January 2003|work=Business Standard India|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>


HITEX is located at Madhapur (near HITEC City). The facility is spread over nearly {{cvt|100|acre|order=flip}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lntecc.com/homepage/multislug/demos/images/bnf/HITEXConvergeConnect.pdf|title=Hitex converge connect|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119065823/https://www.lntecc.com/homepage/multislug/demos/images/bnf/HITEXConvergeConnect.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
HITEX is the corporate hub of the HITEC City and is India's most modern exhibition centre. HITEX is located at Madhapur (near HITEC City). The facility is spread over nearly 100 acres (400,000 m²).


GITEX Hyderabad<ref></ref>, is the annual IT&C expo organized by the Dubai World Trade Center in association with the Department of IT&C, Government of Andhra Pradesh. GITEX Hyderabad, is the annual IT&C expo organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre in association with the Department of IT&C, Government of Telangana.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bureau|first=Our Regional|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/gitex-hyderabad-4th-edition-from-january-12-104121701074_1.html|title=Gitex Hyderabad 4th edition from January 12|date=17 December 2004|work=Business Standard India|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>


==HITEC City-2 SEZ==
==CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre==


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CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII – Godrej GBC), a division of CII, is India’s premier developmental institution, offering advisory services to the industry on environmental aspects and works in the areas of green buildings, energy efficiency, water management, renewable energy, Green Business Incubation and climate change activities. The centre sensitises key stakeholders to embrace green practices and facilitates market transformation, paving way for India to become one of the global leaders in green businesses by 2015.
HITEC City-2 is a milestone project of Phoenix Infocity Pvt. Ltd. This is a venture by ], India. HITEC City-2 is an IT/ITeS ] (SEZ), and it is being promoted as an extension of HITEC City. The project has received formal approval as an IT/ITeS SEZ from the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. On an overall built-up area of about {{cvt|3000000|sqft|m2|order=flip}}, nine IT buildings are proposed with a mix of multi-tenant and custom-built to suit options to be developed in phases. The SEZ design allows about 28,000 IT workers to work in an area of {{cvt|3000000|sqft|m2|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixindia.net|title=PHOENIX GROUP|website=www.phoenixindia.net}}</ref>


It has accommodated ]s like
The centre is housed in a green building which received the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating in 2003. This was the first platinum rated Green Building outside of the U.S. and also the first in India. The Centre was inaugurated by H.E Shri A P J Abdul Kalam, the then President of India, on July 14, 2004.


* ] (the Indian operations of which were recently{{when|date=December 2023}} acquired by ])
CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is a unique and successful model of public-private partnership between the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Ltd and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the technical support of USAID.
* CUBIC Transportation Systems India Private Limited
* ValueMomentum
* MAQ Software
* ]
* ValueLabs Inc.
* Object Technologies
* ]


== Cyber Pearl (an Ascendas IT park) ==
{{Main|CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre}}
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] - A Multi-purpose auditorium, HITEC City, Hyderabad]] ]
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CyberPearl is located in the heart of Hyderabad's growth centre. Numerous MNC campuses, commercial facilities and extensive social infrastructure are located nearby the park. Opened in 2004, CyberPearl was the first park in Hyderabad to feature a fully equipped health club and business centre. In-house amenities include a large food court, restaurant, meeting rooms, conference and recreational facilities. Cyber Pearl would have been named ''Cyber Oasis'', but since Hyderabad is associated with pearls, "Pearl" was considered more appropriate. The park accommodates over 5000 IT workers with 5,000,000 square feet (460,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of office space. Companies located at Cyber Pearl are :
], has an area of 5 acres (20,000 m²). It is near HITEC City in Hyderabad, and the concept was launched during the then ] ]'s visit to the city in March 2000. The Green Institute entered into a strategic partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industries to establish the Green Business Centre (GBC) at Hyderabad for promoting "Green Activities" in India. The GBC has become the basis of an ongoing partnership with the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center (PEEC), a project of the Green Institute.


* Winshuttle Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.
== Shilpakala Vedika ==
* TNS INDIA PVT. LTD.
''Main article:'' ]
* Sitel India Ltd
* GE
* Innopark
* UMC
* NTT DATA
* Tech Mahindra
* Salesforce dotcom
* MarketTools Research Pvt Ltd
* RSA/Valyd Software
* SD Softech
* Smartplay Technologies
* ZenQ
* Bank of Baroda - DR Site
*CenturyLink


== Facebook, Hyderabad ==
The Shilpakala vedika is a A.P. state-government-owned Auditorium which is located at HITEC City. This {{convert|60000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on}}. convention center includes an auditorium which is flexible in design and offers a variety of configuration selections.
] has had an office in Cyberabad since 2010. It was the fourth Facebook office worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/facebook-to-launch-india-operations-in-two-months/articleshow/6098727.cms?from=mdr|title=Facebook to launch India operations in two months|date=27 June 2010|work=The Economic Times|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>


== Amazon Global Campus ==
In literal terms: "Shilpa" means sculpture, "kala" means art, and "vedika" means platform.
Amazon first started operations in India in 2004 from Hyderabad. Global e-commerce giant amazon inaugurates its first owned and world’s largest campus building in 2019 at Hyderabad that spread across 9.5 acres which can house for more than 15,000 employees, becoming third of Amazon’s total India employee base across six offices. This is Amazon’s single largest building in the anywhere worldwide in terms of total built-up area and the campus will spread out with spanning over 68 acres.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 September 2019|title=Amazon's largest campus in Hyderabad: 49 lifts and an area of 65 football ground|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/amazon-s-largest-campus-in-hyderabad-49-lifts-and-an-area-of-65-football-ground-1568625716959.html|access-date=22 January 2021|work=Mint|language=en}}</ref>


== Other campuses around HITEC city ==
==Mindspace IT Park==
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The Mindspace IT Park was envisioned by Raheja Corp, which identified the need for a world-class environment and ecosystem to foster great business ideas. This vision was translated to "Mindspace", a new-age philosophy of working and living, conceived to make corporates feel at home even while they are at work. It includes residential, recreational, entertainment, and retail spaces. The park provides about 4 million square feet of office space.
] India headquarter campus]]
Oracle Campus, HITEC City
Microsoft R&D Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.


Several companies have opened built to suit facilities in and around HITEC city. Some of these are:
Spread across 110 acres (445,000 m²), this layout also provides about 40% open space with telecommunications and civic infrastructure, wide roads, and greenery. The district witnessed immediate success with over a million square feet built and occupied within just 14 months of starting the project. The park provides both multitenant and built to suit faclities. Companiees such as ],], ], ], and ] have built to suit facilities in the park with 10000 professionals working within them. Other companies in multitenant facilities include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. As of 2008 March, 20000 professionals work in the park. The park is a notified SEZ and is set to accommodate about 55000 IT professionals making it the largest of the IT parks in HITEC CITY. The park also has a Westin Hotel and Inorbit Mall which are slated to open in the second half of 2009.


* Tecreos Overseas Education Consultants
The Mindspace IT Park comprises several buildings
* Ananth Technologies

* Aurobindo Pharma, Water Mark Building
*Building - 1 - ]
* Computer Maintenance Corporation
*Building - 2 - ], ], ],], ]
* Convergys Campus
*Building - 3 - ]
* Cyient Campus
*Building - 4 - ] and ]
* NetCracker Technology Corp.
*Building - 5 - ] (Continuum Solutions)
*Building - 6 - ], ]
*Building - 7 - ]
*Building - 8 - ] Wireless, ], ]
*Building - 9 - ]
*Building - 10 - CFC Corporation, ], ], ], ]

==The V, An Ascendas IT Park==
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The V is spread across 20 acres (81,000 m²) and currently has five multi-tenanted buildings with gross floor area of 1.65 million sq ft (90,000 m²) having close to 100% occupancy.

With over 10 acres (40,000 m²) of open space, it is a green township with environmentally friendly landscaped gardens. Most of the large rock formations have been left untouched, with the buildings designed around the natural landscape. The park is known for its vibrancy. It is the first IT park which is completely operational. It accommodates about 15000 IT professionals.

It boasts highly efficient office space, minimum lighting due to lots of open space, a separate cafeteria building, and fully-equipped training class rooms.

It is about 10 km from the city center and 14 km from the airport, both being within an hour's drive. The nearest ] station is around 3 km from the campus.
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The V is composed of five buildings. The fifth building, which will have 14 floors, will be ready by July 2007.
* Mariner
* Auriga
* Orion
* Capella
* Vega

About 15,000 IT professionals work in the campus that hosts
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* JDA Software India Pvt. Ltd.,
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* Surgical Information Systems,
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* Capmark
* Mindspeed
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* Datamonitor Limited
* Adayana Learning Solutions<ref></ref>
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* Runaware<ref></ref>
* Firstam Corporation <ref></ref>


==RMZ Futura IT Park==
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RMZ FUTURA<ref></ref> is an exclusive independent/built-to-suit facility set amidst HITEC city, adjacent to Cyber Gateway. The state-of-the-art structure comprises four independent blocks spread across the entire site.

The RMZ FUTURA IT Park is composed of four buildings. All four buildings have been occupied.

* ] - on fourth floor; other floors constitute Deloitte Block A
* ] Block B
* Deloitte Block C
* Deloitte Block D

==Hitech City-2 SEZ==

'''Hitec City-2 :''' A milestone project of '''L&T Phoenix Infoparks Pvt. Ltd'''. This is a joint venture between '''Phoenix Group''' (India) which is headed by Mr. Suresh Chukkapalli and '''L&T Ltd'''. Hitec City-2 is an IT / ITeS '''Special Economic Zone''', and it is being promoted as an extension of Hitec City. The project has received formal approval as an IT / ITeS SEZ from the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. On an overall builtup area of about {{convert|3000000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}., Nine State-of-art IT buildings are proposed with a mix of multi-tenanted and customised built to suit options to be developed in a phased manner with world class amenities. The SEZ design allows about 28000 IT professionals to work in a area of 3 million square feet.

It has accommodated MNC's like
* UBS
* MAQ Software<ref></ref>

with more scheduled to join
* Genpact
* Deloitte & Touche
* HCL
* iGate
* TietoEnator<ref></ref>

==Other campuses around HITEC city==
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Several companies have opened built to suit facilities in and around HITEC city. Some of these are:
* Ananth Technologies (Ananth Info Park)
* Computer Maintenance Corporation (CMC) Campus
* ] Campus
* DELL Campus * DELL Campus
* CyberCity I.T. Campus<ref></ref> * CyberCity I.T. Campus
* E-Park I.T. Campus (Currently leased by TCS) * E-Park I.T. Campus (Currently leased by TCS)
* Franklin Templeton campus * Franklin Templeton campus
* Honeywell Campus * Honeywell Campus
* Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. IT Data Centre
* HSBC Campus * HSBC Campus
* Kanbay Campus * Capgemini Campus
* iLabs Centre
* Infosys Campus * Infosys Campus
* Login4ITES Network
* Infotech Enterprises Campus
* Microsoft Campus * Microsoft Campus
* Motorola Campus * Motorola Campus
* Oracle Campus * Oracle Campus
* Polaris Campus * Polaris Campus
* ] Cyber Space Campus * Tech Mahindra Cyber Space Campus
* ] Infocity Campus * Tech Mahindra Infocity Campus
* Reliance Communications
* ] GateWay Campus
* Sierra Atlantic Campus * Sierra Atlantic Campus
* Soft Sol Campus * SoftSol Campus
* Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Campus (Deccan Park) * Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Campus (Deccan Park)
* UBS * UBS (now Cognizant)
* ValueLabs Campus * ValueLabs Campus
* VSNL campus * VSNL campus
* WIPRO Campus (Before Cyber Towers) * WIPRO Campus (Gachibowli)
* Zensar technologies Ltd
* WIPRO Campus (Manikonda)
* Simply Write Consulting Services
* ]
===Satyam Computer Services Campuses===
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== The V, an Ascendas IT Park ==
] is the largest IT employer of Hyderabad. The company has three campuses in Hitec City:
The V is spread across 20 acres (8 ha) and has five multi-tenant buildings with a gross floor area of 1.65 million sq ft (90,000 m<sup>2</sup>) having close to 100% occupancy.
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With over 10 acres (4 ha) of open space, it is a green township with landscaped gardens. Most of the large rock formations have been left untouched, with the buildings designed around the natural landscape. The V is the first IT park which is completely operational. It accommodates about 15,000 IT professionals.


It is about 10&nbsp;km from the city center and 14&nbsp;km from the airport, both being within an hour's drive. The nearest local train station is around 3&nbsp;km from the campus.
* Satyam Cyber Space
* Satyam InfoCity
* Satyam GateWay


The V is composed of five buildings.
===ValueLabs Hyderabad Campus===
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ValueLabs is an offshore software product development, QA/Testing and KPO Services Company based in Hyderabad, India. The company started its operations in 1997 with a remote execution model and has since been offering services to startup and multi-billion dollar companies across the globe. Astro, MakeMyTrip.com, Maxis, SHPS, Snapfish, SpiceJet, TIBCO, Nielsen Mobile are some of the clients of the company.


* Mariner
The company’s expertise lies in servicing clients in the domains like Internet / mobile / interactive TV applications, internationalization, enterprise solutions and maintenance of legacy systems. The extended team model spun into the requirements of the clients has been successfully followed by the company over the years. ValueLabs has companies incorporated in the US, UK and Malaysia serving the respective geographies. ValueLabs has clients worldwide with about 70% business coming from the US.
* Auriga
* Orion
* Capella
* Vega


== The TCS Deccan Park Campus ==
'''ValueLabs' Services'''
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<br>Offshore Product Development<br>Application Development<br>QA/Testing<br>KPO Services<br>Maintenance and Support<br>Remote Infrastructure Management Services
The Deccan park is the largest global development centre of the Tata Consultancy Services. The facility was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta. The Deccan Park has been set up with an estimated investment of {{INR}}15 billion with recreation and sporting facilities, which houses more than 2,200 professionals. The centre has been set up in 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land, with a built-up area around 320,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup> (30,000 m<sup>2</sup>) on 9 floors. The centre works in domain areas such as telecommunications, e-governance, biological sciences, ports, and shipping and also deploy technologies including .Net, opensource billing and bioinformatics.


== RMZ Futura IT Park ==
ValueLabs facility in Hyderabad is being widely acclaimed for its architectural excellence. It is designed by the world renowned Chandavarkar and Thacker Architects Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, popularly known as CnT. Arjun Rao, CEO of ValueLabs always believed in providing the right ambience for his employees, the result of which is the most appropriate fit between the arrangement of the office space for business and the space for developing a culture of camaraderie among its associates. ValueLabs’ facility is built on a {{convert|2|acre|m2|sing=on}} land located in the HITEC city of Hyderabad having neighbors like Oracle, Dell, Google and Deloitte. The facility has {{convert|75000|sqft|m2|-2}} of space that houses around 1500 people with a fifth of the space allocated purely for employee welfare (Gym, dorm, cafeteria, yoga / meditation rooms, sauna, etc.). An integrated approach is followed by ValueLabs that helps it in meeting its business requirements and at the same time benefitting its associates.
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RMZ FUTURA is an exclusive independent/built-to-suit facility set amidst HITEC city owned by ], adjacent to Cyber Gateway.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sukumar |first1=CR |last2=Kulshrestha |first2=Ashish |last3=Khan |first3=Sobia |title=Hyderabad to get India's largest office space - ET RealEstate |url=https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/commercial/hyderabad-to-get-indias-largest-office-space/57699461 |access-date=25 March 2020 |work=ETRealty.com |date=18 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The state-of-the-art structure comprises four independent blocks spread across the entire site.


The RMZ FUTURA IT Park is composed of four buildings. All four buildings have been occupied.
===Microsoft Hyderabad Campus===
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The ] Hyderabad development center campus is spread over an area of 54 acres (171,000 m²) and is the corporation's biggest facility outside the U.S. and the first one in ].


* CGI on the fourth floor; other floors constitute Deloitte Block A
The campus houses employees across its three units
* Deloitte Block B
* The India Development Center (IDC)<ref></ref>,
* Deloitte Block C
* The Global Delivery Center India (GDCI) and
* Deloitte Block D
* The Sales and Marketing organization.


== Shilpakala Vedika ==
Apart from development labs, the campus also features a sports facility as a recreational area for employees.
{{main|Shilpakala Vedika}}

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] India Development Center (IDC) commenced its operations in 1998 and is recognized today as a strategic center for developing products critical to Microsoft. Since its inception, the IDC has released several Microsoft products including Services for Unix (A key product in Microsoft's Unix Migration strategy), Visual J#.NET (A Java language development environment) for the ] platform and ] connector. Currently, the Windows Group in the IDC is developing technologies for Windows R2 Server and Longhorn client and server. The Developer Division Group is working on the next version of ] and ].
Shilpakala Vedika, constructed under the government of ], is located in a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) plot, on a 5 acres (20,000 m2) land, with a seating capacity of 2,500. It is a state-of-the-art facility comprising a press room, cafeteria, modern multi-media projection system, luxurious green rooms, good acoustics and exquisite ethnic decor. This auditorium was held by M/S Sanpra Group and M/S Alif Group under a BOOT contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyderabadevents.com/shilpa-kala-vedika|title=Shilpa-Kala-Vedika - Event planners & Organizers in Hyderabad|last=events|first=Hyderabad|website=Hyderabad Events|language=en|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>

], CEO, Microsoft Corporation, with Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of ] participated in the official inauguration ceremony of Microsoft's Hyderabad Campus on November 15, 2004:

{{cquote|Our India Development Center plays an important role in contributing to innovation at Microsoft. The inauguration of our new campus in Hyderabad underscores our commitment to deepening our relationship with India and partnering with Indian governments and developer communities to create new opportunities for customers and for our industry. &mdash; Steve Ballmer}}

The Microsoft Global Delivery Center India (GDCI) started operations in 2002 and is the delivery center for developing mission critical applications that support Microsoft businesses worldwide and manage Microsoft's world wide IT infrastructure. The GDCI's service delivery involves managing Microsoft's World Wide IT infrastructure which consists of over 7000 servers and 300,000 client devices spread across 400 locations world wide and being used by 89,000 end users.

The GDCI focuses on developing applications using pre-ready-to-manufacture Microsoft products and technologies like: ], ], ], Yukon, XML web services, ] and BizTalk Server with continuous process improvements using six sigma and TSP/PSP.

===The TCS Deccan Park Campus===
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The Deccan park is the largest global development centre of the ]. The facility was designed by ] architect ]. The Deccan Park has been set up with an estimated investment of 15 billion ] with recreation and sporting facilities, which houses more than 2,200 professionals. The centre has been set up in 11 acres (45,000 m²) of land, with a built-up area around 320,000 ft² (30,000 m²) on 9 floors.
The centre works in domain areas such as ], e-governance, biological sciences, ], and ] and also deploy technologies including .Net, opensource billing and ].

==Future developments==
Apart from the developments in HITEC City, other notable developments are planned with the area in and around Shamshabad which are expected to attract an investment of around 70 thousand ]s in next 5-10 Years. There are developments planned for Hyderabad beyond HUDA (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority) transforming into HMDA (Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority). HUDA which covered Hyderabad for about 250 km² will be replaced with HMDA that will span across at least 700 km².


==See also==
Some of these developments include:
* ]
#] - projected to be India's largest airport spread over an extent of at least 5500 acres (22 km²). This International Airport will also serve as an International Aviation Hub for the international air traffic of U.S, Europe and Far-East. It began its operations on 23 March, 2008.
* ]
#Software Park - INFOSYS will relocate its Head Office from Bangalore's Campus and set up a Campus at least four times in size compared to Bangalore — an area of 2000 acres (8 km²) for the development of various Software Products & Services. The Government of AP has made it mandatory for the Company to recruit two thousand employees at the facility.<ref>''Times of India'' - October 25, 2005</ref>
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#Hardware Park - This will come up on an area of around 2500 acres (10 km²) for manufacturing of Silicon Chips. Land allotment has been done to set up a manufacturing & R&D base for INTEL, AMD, ZEN TECHNOLOGIES and many more reputable Semi-Conductor MNCs.
* {{portal-inline|Hyderabad}}
#SemIndia/Fab City - Hyderabad beat other contenders such as Mysore and Chennai to win the mandate for locating India's first semi-conductor wafer fabrication or 'Fab'—plant to be set up by SemIndia Inc., licensed from U.S based chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc., with an investment of around $3 billion. SemIndia will also set up an assembly, test, mark, packing (ATMP) facility close to the Fab unit. The SemIndia plant is expected to come up on {{convert|1200|acre|km2|0}} at Srinagar which is on Srisailam Highway and close to the Hyderabad International Airport at Shamshabad.<ref>''The Hindu'' - February 10, 2006 and ''Deccan Chronicle'' – March 30, 2006</ref>
#Nanotech Park - At an area of {{convert|1100|acre|km2|0}}, a Korean firm, Intellect Inc., with an estimated investment of 1 billion US Dollars has already laid the foundation of the Company's presence. Manufacturing would commence approximately around October, 2007. This would provide direct employment to around 20,000 skilled personnel. Its Phase II is anticipated to be completed by 2010, thereby creating a job pool of around 100,000 people.
#Gems and Jewellery Park - an area of {{convert|200|acre|km2}}, land allotment to Geentajali Jewellers would create job opportunities for two thousand people by the end of 2008. Several MNC Jewellers especially from Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, and other countries will follow suit.<ref>''The Hindu'' – February 17, 2006</ref>
#Textiles Park - {{convert|500|acre|km2}} of land has been allotted to SARODE HYCOT TEXTILES. This will be the largest Textile Park ever set up by the Central Government and will create job opportunities for at least 100,000 people by establishing close to 2000 Powerloom Units between 2008 and 2010.<ref>''Deccan Chronicle'' – November 30, 2004</ref>
#Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), has announced that launch of its third campus in India at Hyderabad. The BITS campus at Hyderabad is spread over {{convert|200|acre|km2}} of land at Jawaharnagar near Shamirpet in Rangareddy district.
#Seven star hotel and golf course - EMAAR Group of Dubai to build a 7 Star Hotel within the proximity of Hyderabad International Airport on a land area of around {{convert|700|acre|km2}} which will also contain a large Golf Course.
#Reliance will acquire 25,000 acres (110&nbsp;km²) of Land around the Vijayawada Highway at Ibrahimpatnam to set up its LPG Gas Plant. An eight-lane direct road will link the Reliance Plant area to the Shamshabad ring road.
#Aero Park - which would cater to the Aerospace and Aeronautics industries, is proposed to be established near the Hyderabad International Airport under the aegis of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Small Industries Associations. This would consume around {{convert|200|acre|km2}} of Land. Hyderabad has emerged as a major centre during last couple of years in production of various Aerospace & Aeronautical components & sub-systems. In total, there are currently around 60 Units manufactured with an annual turnover of 150 Crores. This will be augmented at Aero Park by an investment of 250-300 Crores annually leading to production of at least 100 Units.<ref>''The Hindu'' - January 16, 2006</ref>
#The Outer-Ring-Road - the longest of its kind in the country, it would stretch to at least 170&nbsp;km around Hyderabad, with exit points. Work has already commenced and will be like a beltway without any traffic signals and 8 lane roads plus two service lines.
#India's biggest/longest fly-over - a fly-over from Mehdipatnam would link up to a road close by Hyderabad International Airport at Shamshabad. The Project has been allotted 800 Crore rupees and stipulated timelines. This will be one of very few long flyovers in India.
#Trade Center tower - will be either a single 60 story trade-tower — the first to reach such heights in India — or more than two towers of 30-40 floors each. The Towers will be near Manchirevula village and cater to IT industry, other businesses, and a stock market. The government selected Manchirevula because of its proximity to the Hyderabad International Airport at Shamshabad and the out ring road passing by the village. The Government has issued GO Ms No. 269 handing over the project to APIIC. The Ranga Reddy district have handed over {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of land, in survey numbers 283 and 311, to the corporation to prepare the groundwork. A Bangalore based construction firm along with a Malaysian firm are working on this Project.<ref>''Deccan Chronicle'' - February 12, 2006</ref>
#567 Acres IT park at Mucherla on Hyderabad to Srisailam Highway
#TCS, Cognizant, Wipro SEZs at Adibatla in Ibrahimpatnam mandal
#SEZs like Brahmani InfoTech park,150 acers Point INDU IT/ITES SEZ, Stargaze(Raheja) SEZs on Hyderabad to Srisailam Highway
#Georgia Tech University near to Hyderabad to Srisailam Highway
#Knowledge Corridor - The Dubai Government is interested in partnering with AP to develop the Hyderabad Knowledge Corridor. The Project – the Hyderabad Knowledge Corridor is aimed at being the hub for all IT activities from animation to financial software. Dr. J.C. Mohanty, principal secretary to the IT and communications Dept for AP said that this Project will laid down across 20,000 acres (80&nbsp;km²) of Land stretching from Kanamet to Kollur covering about 34 Revenue Villages.<ref>''Business India'' - March 29, 2005</ref>
#Agha Khan International University - to be built on at least {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of land.
#IIM is coming up with 150 acres which will be the biggest IIM's in India beating IIM-A.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
#India's Tallest Building is coming at Manchirevula which is called as APIIC Tower and it will be 100 floors (450 meters) which will be completed by the end of 2010.


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This article is about district in India. For book by the name Cyberabad, see Ian McDonald (British author). Business district in Hyderabad, India

Suburb in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
HITEC City Cyberabad
Suburb
HITEC City
Skyline View of Cyberabad
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Coordinates: 17°26′30″N 78°22′58″E / 17.44155°N 78.38264°E / 17.44155; 78.38264
CountryIndia India
StateTelangana
DistrictHyderabad
Established22 November 1998; 26 years ago (1998-11-22)
Founded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Government
 • Key PeopleD. Sridhar Babu (IT Ministry of State)
Avinash Mohanty (Commissioner of Cyberabad)
Area
 • Total52.48 km (20.26 sq mi)
Population
 • Totalest. 29 lakh
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
WebsiteCyberabad Metropolitan Commissionerate

The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian financial business district located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. HITEC City is spread across 81 ha (200 acres) of land under the suburbs of Madhapur, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Miyapur, Nanakramguda, Serilingampally, Bachupally, Manikonda, Kukatpally and Shamshabad all the combined technology townships is also known as Cyberabad with a radius of 52.48 km (32.61 mi) surrounding approximate area of 6,100 ha (15,000 acres). HITEC City is within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the residential and commercial suburb of Jubilee Hills.

History

HITEC City was commissioned by the former Government of United Andhra Pradesh, adjoining Cyberabad to the west of Hyderabad and was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 22 November 1998. In 1997, The then Chief Minister N. Chandra Babu Naidu travelled to Southeast Asia to meet potential investors and to 'market the state' and was impressed with the larger technology related developments of Singapore and Malaysia – especially Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) near Kuala Lumpur. Soon after coming back from his Southeast Asia tour, Naidu initiated a $350 million knowledge enclave in Hyderabad, leading to birth of HITEC City.

Cityscape

Financial District and Microsoft India Development Center

Foundation of HITEC City

Cyber Towers, HITEC City Hyderabad
Cyber Towers, HITEC City Hyderabad

Cyber Towers was the first tower to be built for the promotion of Information Technology (IT). Within the span of 14 months, the unique design was selected by N. Chandrababu Naidu in 1997 to stand as a Monument in city of Hyderabad and as an architectural masterpiece in the center of Cyberabad. The Cyberabad Metropolitan Police was set up and totally revamped the way of policing under safety and surveillance accomplishing HITEC City has emerged as the symbolic heart of cosmopolitan Hyderabad and it was initially marketed by both the officials of APIIC and L&T Infocity Ltd (the public and private sector partner). Companies such as Orbees Business Solutions, Knowledge Matrix India Pvt Ltd., 7 Hills Business Solutions, AppLabs, Keane Inc NTT DATA, Microsoft, Patni Computer Systems, Oracle Corporation, GE Capital, Whishworks, Prithvi Information Solutions, Naia Software Solutions India Pvt Ltd., Four Soft operate and call centers operate from this four-quadrant, 10-story building. The Cyber Towers building is divided into four quadrants with a large fountain in the middle of the quadrants. Another large building of office space named Cyber Gateway has been built comprises over 866,000 square feet (80,500 square meters) across 8 acres (3.25 ha).

Key Campuses

Laxmi Cyber City

Laxmi Cyber City, started construction from 2005 and built span of two years by 2007 operations started. It consists of three blocks. A block- HSBC GLT B block- E&Y, Inventiv, etc. C block- ADP The property is close to 1 Million sft. and shares its heritage with Laxmi Cyber Centre (Banjara Hills), Laxmi CentrePoint (Begumpet GE), Laxmi Cyber Point, Laxmi Cyber Towers SEZ etc.

R & D center

Microsoft R&D hyderabad
Microsoft R&D Hyderabad

Microsoft India Development Center is one of Microsoft's largest R&D centers outside the Redmond headquarters, Washington state. Set up in Hyderabad in 1998. Then Chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu arranged a meeting with Bill Gates founder of Microsoft and discussed about the infrastructure provided and human resources availability in the state while managed him to build their sprawling 54 acres Microsoft campus of LEED Gold Certification for one of its buildings in hyderabad. The Microsoft Corporation is the first multinational company to build a research and development center in Cyberabad.

L&T Infocity

Infocity is the first software technology park layout in HITEC CITY which attracted major technology companies like Accenture, Microsoft, Oracle, s2Tech Technologies etc.

CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre

CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII-Godrej GBC) was established in the year 2004, as CII's Developmental Institute on Green Practices & Businesses, aimed at offering advisory services on conservation of natural resources. The Green Business Centre was inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India on 14 July 2004.

The Services of Green Business Centre include energy management, green buildings, green companies, renewable energy, GHG inventorisation, green product certification, waste management, and cleaner production process.

Hyderabad International Convention Centre

Hyderabad International Convention Centre

In process of making India's favorite meetings and events destination in Hyderabad, then chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu created a convention hub with the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, is a purpose-built, state-of-the-art convention facility, the first of its kind in South Asia. The convention centre was built by Emaar MGF of India. It has been the winner of the excellence award for “Best Standalone Convention Centre” for a record four times, nationally awarded by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the company is part owned by Emaar of UAE. The facility is managed by Accor Hospitality. The Hyderabad International Convention Centre with 5,000 seating capacity is India's largest convention facility. It is an integrated 27,000-square-metre (290,000 sq ft) covering 6.1 ha (15 acres). The centre can be configured to increase seating capacity to about 6,500. The convention center is connected to Novotel Hyderabad, an international business hotel, it has 288 rooms and is equipped with meeting rooms, restaurants, business centre, spa and a health club.

Raheja Mindspace IT Park

A office building in Mindspace IT Park, Hyderabad
An office building in Mindspace IT Park, Hyderabad

The Mindspace IT Park, is a park that includes residential, recreational, entertainment, and retail spaces. The park provides about 370,000 square metres (4,000,000 sq ft) of office space. Spread across 45 hectares (110 acres), this layout also provides about 40% open space with telecommunications and civic infrastructure, wide roads and greenery. The district witnessed immediate success with over 93 thousand square metres (1 million square feet) built and occupied within just 14 months of starting the project. The park provides both multi-tenant and built to suit facilities. Companies such as Hyundai Mobis, IBM, Accenture, CSC, Bank of America, Facebook and Novartis have built to suit facilities in the park with 10000 workers within them. Other companies in multitenant facilities include Broadcom Inc., Deloitte, Parexel, Syneos Health, Qualcomm, Zensar Technologies Ltd, Tech Mahindra, Oracle, Accenture, Amazon, General Electric, OpenText, IGATE, Verizon, Thomson Reuters, Wells Fargo and TietoEVRY. As of 2008 March, 20,000 people work in the park. The park is a notified SEZ and is set to accommodate about 55,000 IT workers making it the largest of the IT parks in HITEC city. The park also has a Westin Hotel and Inorbit Mall which have been opened in the second half of 2009.

Mindspace IT park, hyderabad
Mindspace IT Park, hyderabad
Yashoda Hospitals, HITEC City

Map of Mindspace Park

  • Building - 1 - Accenture.
  • Building - 2 -Tech Mahindra, GE, ZenQ, Patni Computer Systems, Bank of America, Sumtotal systems, Redpine Signals, Beryl Consulting
  • Building - 3 - IBM.
  • Building - 4 - Computer Sciences Corporation.
  • Building - 5 - Bank of America, Redpine Signals.
  • Building - 6 - Qualcomm.
  • Building - 7 - Computer Sciences Corporation.
  • Building - 8 - Qualcomm, PL Engineering, Deloitte, UTC Fire & Security
  • Building - 9 - Verizon, Amazon, Broadcom, Qualcomm, HSBC, Deloitte, PerkinElmer.
  • Building - 10 - Verizon, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Raheja India.
  • Building - 11 - JP Morgan, Thomson Reuters, Advanced Micro Devices.
  • Building - 12A - Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pegasystems Inc.
  • Building - 14 - Portware, United Health Group, Persistent Systems & Solutions Ltd, OpenText Corporation, LGS Global Ltd, Trianz, Yash Technologies Pvt. Ltd, ZenQ, Verity Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd.
  • Building - 20 - Parexel, vSplash Techlabs Pvt. Ltd, Cognizant Technology Solutions, YASH Technologies, RealPage, OMICS, PROLIFICS (Semantic Space Technologies).
  • Building - 21 - Colruyt IT Consultancy
  • HUDA Techno Enclave - Ocimum Bio Solutions

HITEX Exhibition Centre

Hitex Exhibition Centre, HITEC City

Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited (HITEX) is a venue for international exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, and corporate events in India. Exhibition centre was conceptualised by German architects and opened on 14 January 2003 by Commerce Minister Arun Shourie, and the Hitex Trade Fair Office Building was inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

HITEX is located at Madhapur (near HITEC City). The facility is spread over nearly 40 ha (100 acres).

GITEX Hyderabad, is the annual IT&C expo organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre in association with the Department of IT&C, Government of Telangana.

HITEC City-2 SEZ

I-Labs The Oval Building HITEC City Hyderabad

HITEC City-2 is a milestone project of Phoenix Infocity Pvt. Ltd. This is a venture by Phoenix Group, India. HITEC City-2 is an IT/ITeS Special Economic Zone (SEZ), and it is being promoted as an extension of HITEC City. The project has received formal approval as an IT/ITeS SEZ from the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. On an overall built-up area of about 280,000 m (3,000,000 sq ft), nine IT buildings are proposed with a mix of multi-tenant and custom-built to suit options to be developed in phases. The SEZ design allows about 28,000 IT workers to work in an area of 280,000 m (3,000,000 sq ft).

It has accommodated MNCs like

  • UBS (the Indian operations of which were recently acquired by Cognizant)
  • CUBIC Transportation Systems India Private Limited
  • ValueMomentum
  • MAQ Software
  • HCL
  • ValueLabs Inc.
  • Object Technologies
  • IGATE

Cyber Pearl (an Ascendas IT park)

CyberPearl Building HITEC City Hyderabad
CyberPearl Building HITEC City Hyderabad
Phoenix Equinox, HITEC City
SkyView buildings

CyberPearl is located in the heart of Hyderabad's growth centre. Numerous MNC campuses, commercial facilities and extensive social infrastructure are located nearby the park. Opened in 2004, CyberPearl was the first park in Hyderabad to feature a fully equipped health club and business centre. In-house amenities include a large food court, restaurant, meeting rooms, conference and recreational facilities. Cyber Pearl would have been named Cyber Oasis, but since Hyderabad is associated with pearls, "Pearl" was considered more appropriate. The park accommodates over 5000 IT workers with 5,000,000 square feet (460,000 m) of office space. Companies located at Cyber Pearl are :

  • Winshuttle Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  • TNS INDIA PVT. LTD.
  • Sitel India Ltd
  • GE
  • Innopark
  • UMC
  • NTT DATA
  • Tech Mahindra
  • Salesforce dotcom
  • MarketTools Research Pvt Ltd
  • RSA/Valyd Software
  • SD Softech
  • Smartplay Technologies
  • ZenQ
  • Bank of Baroda - DR Site
  • CenturyLink

Facebook, Hyderabad

Facebook has had an office in Cyberabad since 2010. It was the fourth Facebook office worldwide.

Amazon Global Campus

Amazon first started operations in India in 2004 from Hyderabad. Global e-commerce giant amazon inaugurates its first owned and world’s largest campus building in 2019 at Hyderabad that spread across 9.5 acres which can house for more than 15,000 employees, becoming third of Amazon’s total India employee base across six offices. This is Amazon’s single largest building in the anywhere worldwide in terms of total built-up area and the campus will spread out with spanning over 68 acres.

Other campuses around HITEC city

Wipro campus
Wipro campus
Hyderabad metro towards Cyber Towers
Hyderabad metro towards Cyber Towers
Oracle hyd
Oracle Campus
Novartis India headquarter campus

Oracle Campus, HITEC City Microsoft R&D Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

Several companies have opened built to suit facilities in and around HITEC city. Some of these are:

  • Tecreos Overseas Education Consultants
  • Ananth Technologies
  • Aurobindo Pharma, Water Mark Building
  • Computer Maintenance Corporation
  • Convergys Campus
  • Cyient Campus
  • NetCracker Technology Corp.
  • DELL Campus
  • CyberCity I.T. Campus
  • E-Park I.T. Campus (Currently leased by TCS)
  • Franklin Templeton campus
  • Honeywell Campus
  • Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. IT Data Centre
  • HSBC Campus
  • Capgemini Campus
  • iLabs Centre
  • Infosys Campus
  • Login4ITES Network
  • Microsoft Campus
  • Motorola Campus
  • Oracle Campus
  • Polaris Campus
  • Tech Mahindra Cyber Space Campus
  • Tech Mahindra Infocity Campus
  • Reliance Communications
  • Sierra Atlantic Campus
  • SoftSol Campus
  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Campus (Deccan Park)
  • UBS (now Cognizant)
  • ValueLabs Campus
  • VSNL campus
  • WIPRO Campus (Gachibowli)
  • Zensar technologies Ltd
  • Simply Write Consulting Services

The V, an Ascendas IT Park

The V is spread across 20 acres (8 ha) and has five multi-tenant buildings with a gross floor area of 1.65 million sq ft (90,000 m) having close to 100% occupancy.

V, an Ascendas IT Park at Hitec city
V, an Ascendas IT Park at Hitec city

With over 10 acres (4 ha) of open space, it is a green township with landscaped gardens. Most of the large rock formations have been left untouched, with the buildings designed around the natural landscape. The V is the first IT park which is completely operational. It accommodates about 15,000 IT professionals.

It is about 10 km from the city center and 14 km from the airport, both being within an hour's drive. The nearest local train station is around 3 km from the campus.

The V is composed of five buildings.

  • Mariner
  • Auriga
  • Orion
  • Capella
  • Vega

The TCS Deccan Park Campus

Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad
Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad

The Deccan park is the largest global development centre of the Tata Consultancy Services. The facility was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta. The Deccan Park has been set up with an estimated investment of ₹15 billion with recreation and sporting facilities, which houses more than 2,200 professionals. The centre has been set up in 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land, with a built-up area around 320,000 ft (30,000 m) on 9 floors. The centre works in domain areas such as telecommunications, e-governance, biological sciences, ports, and shipping and also deploy technologies including .Net, opensource billing and bioinformatics.

RMZ Futura IT Park

Avasa Hotel in HITEC City

RMZ FUTURA is an exclusive independent/built-to-suit facility set amidst HITEC city owned by RMZ Corp, adjacent to Cyber Gateway. The state-of-the-art structure comprises four independent blocks spread across the entire site.

The RMZ FUTURA IT Park is composed of four buildings. All four buildings have been occupied.

  • CGI on the fourth floor; other floors constitute Deloitte Block A
  • Deloitte Block B
  • Deloitte Block C
  • Deloitte Block D

Shilpakala Vedika

Main article: Shilpakala Vedika
Shilpakala Vedika
Shilpakala Vedika

Shilpakala Vedika, constructed under the government of N. Chandrababu Naidu, is located in a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) plot, on a 5 acres (20,000 m2) land, with a seating capacity of 2,500. It is a state-of-the-art facility comprising a press room, cafeteria, modern multi-media projection system, luxurious green rooms, good acoustics and exquisite ethnic decor. This auditorium was held by M/S Sanpra Group and M/S Alif Group under a BOOT contract.

See also

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