Amazon has chosen Gachibowli, Hyderabad for setting up its biggest campus outside the US. The e-commerce giant has chosen India, as it is one of the highest priority markets for long term investment.
Covering an area of 10 acres, it will be the biggest such campus of Amazon in India as well as in the world, after US. It is the company’s second important investment in Telangana after the largest fulfillment centre (FC) near Kottur, in the outskirts of Hyderabad inaugurated last year.
Information and Technology Minister, Telangana KT Rama Rao has laid the foundation stone today and henceforth the construction work will begin. The building is expected to be ready by 2019 and will be spacious to house around one thousand employees.
“We are extremely happy to see Telangana as Amazon’s destination of choice for their new campus. This new facility promises to add thousands of jobs and provide a fillip to the local economy.” KT Rama Rao was quoted by PTI as saying.
“Telangana has been home to our IT operations since 2005-06 and our presence in the state has grown multifold since then. For Amazon, India continues to be one of our highest priority investments and we plan to invest with a long-term focus.”SVP and General Counsel Legal Amazon, David Zapolsky was quoted by the PTI as saying.
Amazon had entered Telangana in 2005-2006, it established its operations here and hired more than a thousand back-end staff. They lend support not only to India but also other technology teams in the world.
