| TIDEL Park | |
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The TIDEL Park, one of the largest IT park in Asia |
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| General information | |
| Type | Information Technology Park |
| Location | Taramani, Chennai, India |
| Address | 4, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Taramani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 113, India |
| Construction started | 1999 |
| Completed | 2000 |
| Inaugurated | 4 July 2000 |
| Cost | 3,380 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 51.68 m (169.6 ft)[1] |
| Top floor | 12 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 13 |
| Floor area | 1,280,000 sq ft (119,000 m2) |
| Elevator count | 19[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | TIDEL Park Ltd. |
| Main contractor | Hyundai Engineering Company |
| Architect | C. N. Raghavendran (CRN Architects) |
| Developer | TIDCO and ELCOT |
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TIDEL Park (Tamil: திடல் பார்க்) is an information technology (IT) park situated in the city of Chennai, India. The name TIDEL is a portmanteau of TIDCO and ELCOT. An ISO 9001/14001 company, it is one of the largest IT park in Asia. It was set up in 2000 to foster the growth of information technology in the state of Tamil Nadu by the TIDEL Park Ltd, a joint venture of TIDCO and ELCOT.
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TIDEL Park is located on the six-lane Rajiv Gandhi Salai in Taramani opposite to the Thiruvanmiyur MRTS Railway Station and close to the Rajiv Gandhi Salai–Thiruvanmiyur West Avenue Junction, a high-density traffic junction used by about 30,000 vehicles a day.[3]
TIDEL Park is a 13-storied building, rated as the single largest IT park in the country,[4] with two basements, ground floor, 12 upper floors and a parking ground and has a built-up area of 1,280,000 sq ft (119,000 m2) with centralised air-conditioning and an independent power supply. Built on a land covering 8 acres, the building has a 650-seat auditorium, a 130-seat conference hall, a 16,000 sq ft multi-cuisine food court and space to park 4,000 two-wheelers and 1,200 cars.[4] The building has 19 elevators and 2 escalators.[1] The ground floor and the first floor houses common facilities such as restaurant, banks, shops, health clubs, auditoriums, business centre and department stores. The ground floor consists of the auditorium, TIDEL administrative office, food court, banks and Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) offices. Built at a cost of 3,380 million, the park provides network connectivity with direct satellite uplink. The building was designed by C. N. Raghavendran and was commissioned on 4 July 2000 built in a time of 15 months from the date of commencement of its construction. It has the world's 3rd largest TES systems for ACMV. For the first time in the country, a thermal energy storage system for air-conditioning was used in the building. An integrated building management system was also incorporated to take care of safety and security.[5] The design of the building provides office space of various sizes ranging from a small office of 4,500 sq ft to a whole floor of 90,000 sq ft on any floor.[6]
VSNL, DoT and STPI have provided exclusive support services to the park. Two dedicated communication backbones created with TIDEL for operation by VSNL and STPI have been provided. Each office module has facility for a bandwidth of 10-12 Mbps. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has set up an exclusive 110 kV sub-station. The facility has been provided a 10.5 MVA diesel genset for full back-up requirement.
The 3,200-million project cost has an equity portion of 940 million and a debt portion of 2,260 million. The Tamil Nadu government holds a preferential equity of 400 million in lieu of the land allotted for the project, while the balance 540 million equity has been split between TIDCO, ELCOT, the EPC contractor, banks, insurance companies and financial institutions. The project has a debt-equity ratio of 2.4:1, with the debt portion having a government guarantee.[7]
The park currently hosts several software, telecommunications and BPO companies. Recently, it has been a venue to several unconferences like Blogcamp, Barcamp, WikiCamp and PodWorks.
Partial list of companies:
TIDEL Park 2 is jointly promoted by TIDEL Park Ltd and DLF. It is to be built adjacent to Institute of Road Transport Technology in Taramani. The site has an MRTS line passing through it.[8]
TIDEL Park 3 is jointly promoted by TIDEL Park Ltd, TRIL and IHCL. This project includes a five-star hotel, convention center and residential apartments apart from the IT park.[9]
In 2010, the Tidel Park Coimbatore was built at a cost of 3,800 million as a joint initiative of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, Electronics Corporation of India, Software Technology Parks of India and TIDEL Park, Chennai. The park was built on a 9.5 acre plot on Avinashi road, adjoining the Coimbatore Medical College campus, in the special economic zone at Vilankurichi.[10] With a built-up area of 1.7 million sq ft, the Tidel Park, Coimbatore is expected to provide employment to 12,000 IT and ITES professionals. Conceived in August 2006, foundation stone for the Park was laid in February 2007, but the evacuation work began only in November 2007 and the civil works contract was awarded only in September 2008. The park has three floors and the office space is available from smallest module of 5000 sq ft up to 200,000 sq ft with back up power from 5 × 2000 KVA DG sets.[11]
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