Cyber City, Kochi, also known as Adani Cyber City, is a proposed
Special Economic Zone
A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. SEZs are located within a country's national borders, and their aims include increasing trade balance, employment, increas ...
information technology
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park in the city of
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
,
Kerala
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,
India
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. It is promoted by Adani and is located near
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at
Kalamassery
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.
The SEZ will be built over a land area of . Construction was expected to start on 17 February 2011, and the first phase was scheduled to be within two years.
The current status of the project is uncertain as the work never commenced as planned.
According to the rules governing a 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 is categorised as a non-processing zone and will feature shopping malls, convention centres, apartment complexes and other lifestyle needs, developing it into a full-fledged township.
The first phase consists of a built-up space of , to be built in two years. Once completed, it will house a built-up space of .
Location & Connectivity
The planned township is on 70 acres of land bought from HMT. It is located 17 km from the city centre and 22 km from the
International Airport
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, among an area where a number of other similar developments are being planned. the distance to
NH 47 is 5 km.
The
VSNL
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’s communication
gateway is located less than 7 km from the park. This gateway handles around 70% of the country’s data traffic.
The proximity to the
SAFE
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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
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and
Atlantic
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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
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Economy of Kochi
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*
Smart City
A smart city is a technologically modern urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data. Information gained from that data is used to manage assets, resources and services efficiently; in return ...
*
Infopark, Kochi
Infopark, Kochi is an information technology park situated in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. Established in 2004 by the Government of Kerala, the park is spread over of campus across two phases, housing 541 companies which employ more than ...
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Electronics City, Kochi
Electronics City, Kochi, also known as NeST Electronic City is an under construction Special Economic Zone targeting electronics hardware manufacturing, promoted by NeST group located at Kochi, India. The SEZ will be built over a land area of ...
References
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External links
Keralait.org
Software technology parks in Kerala
Economy of Kochi