IT Towers
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| IT Tower | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Use | Mixed |
| Height | |
| Roof | unknown |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 47 |
| Floor area | unknown |
| Elevator count | unknown |
IT Tower is being built at an estimated cost of around US$ 200million in Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan. When completed, it will be the country's tallest building and have space for 10,000 call center seats. The city government and a consortium of three international firms belonging to Malaysia, India and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement for constructing the 47 story IT Tower. Having a total covered area of 2.5 million square feet, has been constructing on a huge vacant plot of Gulshan-i-Iqbal adjacent to the Civic Centre by using solar panels for generating 1.2 megawatts of electricity during the daytime.
The agreement to this effect was signed by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on behalf of the city government while Mr Dato Goh Chye Koon, Mr Rakesh Gupta and Mr Sarfraz H. Rizvi signed it on behalf of their firms IJM Corporation Berhad Malaysia, Astra Netcom Ltd and Malpak Ltd, respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, the city nazim said that the gigantic project which was expected to be made operational in two years would bring economic revolution in the city as it would, on the one hand, make available IT infrastructure and human resources and, on the other, would help provide 40,000 jobs to the educated youths.
IT Tower would have wireless internet access in its campus with satellite and terrestrial links for voice data, video-conferring and connectivity with worldwide customer workstations. According to Mustafa Kamal, Nazim of Karachi, 60% of the call center capacity has already been booked up by various companies.
The project would have 10,000 call centers, parking facilities for 2,100 cars on its five floors, city government offices on five floors and many other facilities as well. Highlighting the salient features of the project, Astra Netcom’s director (operations), Mr Sahil Vachani, said that the 47-storeyed IT Tower and Call Centre which would meet its 25 per cent power requirement through solar energy would be Pakistan’s first `intelligent’ and `eco-friendly’ building consisting of most modern shopping centers, food court, a health centre, library, four mini cinema halls, a 50-room hotel, club house, swimming pool, offices and 10,000 call centers and an auditorium for 800 people.
