Cyber City, Kochi

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Cyber City
Type Private Sector
Industry Information Technology Business Park
Genre Special Economic Zone
Founded February 17, 2011
Headquarters Kochi, India
Owner(s) Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited

Cyber City, Kochi, also known as HDIL Cyber City is a proposed Special Economic Zone information technology park promoted by HDIL located at Kochi, India. The SEZ will bebuilt over a land area of 70 acres (28.3 ha) in the Kalamassery Municipality adjacent to the city of Kochi. Construction was expected to started on 17 February 2011, and the first phase is scheduled to be within two years.[1] The current status of the project is uncertain as the work never commenced as planned.

According to the rules governing Special Economic Zone, 70% of the built up area will be processing area for IT and ITES business, primarily for export. The remaining 30 per cent his categorised as non-processing zone and will feature shopping malls, convention centres, apartment complexes and other lifestyle needs, developing it into a full-fledged township.[2]

The first phase consists of a built up space of 1,000,000 sq ft (92,900 m2), to be built in two years. Once completed, it will house a built up space of 10,000,000 sq ft (929,000 m2).[1]

Location & Connectivity

The township is located 17 km from the city centre and 22 km from the International Airport, among an area where a number of other similar developments are being planned. the distance to NH 47 is 5 km.

The VSNL’s communication gateway is located less than 7 km from the park. This gateway handles around 70% of the country’s data traffic.[3] The proximity to the SAFE and SEA-ME-WE 3 cables dropping zone and direct optical fibre link to the gigabyte router of VSNL, enables the park to offer 100% uptime data connectivity to units. Kochi offers Pacific and Atlantic route of connectivity to the US.

Infrastructure

70% of the built up area of the township will be used for IT and ITES industries. The remaining 30% will be non processing area, used for residential, commercial and entertainment purposes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Work on Cyber City to begin today". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  2. ↑ "HDIL Cyber City to be launched today". The New Indian Express. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  3. ↑ Kerala has cost effective bandwidth

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