CHENNAI: Infosys Technologies has laid the foundation stone for its proposed software development campus at Mahindra City in Chennai. This facility is claimed to be the world’s largest development center, which will accommodate 25,000 seats and an investment of Rs 1,250 crore.

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa laid the foundation stone for this facility on a sprawling 129 acres of land in Mahindra City. This is almost ten times larger than the company’s current 13-acre campus in Sholinganallur, which houses around 2,800 employees.

Chairman of Infosys Technologies, NR Narayana Murthy said that the new campus in Mahindra City is a testimony to the dedication and high quality work produced by the Chennai team. "I am positive that in the new campus they will find facilities that match the best in the world. We are also grateful to the Government of Tamil Nadu, for taking keen interest in developing the IT infrastructure in the state. Infosys is committed to building this new Chennai center into a truly world class facility."

Infosys’ Chennai operations were started in 1995 and the company has invested Rs 100 crore in the current campus at Sholinganallur. The center is one of the first few facilities to have implemented the practices of the CMMI SM model to provide measurable business benefits to clients.

Exports from the Chennai center, stood at Rs 742 crore for the twelve months ending December 31, 2003. Infosys plans to invest, in Phase I, approximately Rs 250 crore in the new facility at Mahindra City, which will have a capacity for 5,000 people and a built up area of nearly one million sq ft. When completed the project will have a built up area of 3.5 million sq ft on a land area of 129 acres.

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