Electronics City, Kochi

Electronics City
Private Sector
Industry Electronics Hardware Business Park
Genre Special Economic Zone
Headquarters Kochi, India
Owner NeST Infratech Pvt. Ltd.

Electronics City, Kochi, also known as NeST Electronics City is a proposed 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 30 acres (12.1 ha) in the Kalamassery Municipality adjacent to the city of Kochi, with a budget of ₹2500 Crores.[1]

The notified processing area will extend to 2,000,000 sq ft (185,800 m2), dedicated to Electronics Hardware Manufacturing, Software Development and IT Enabled services. It also accommodate a non processing area of 1,500,000 sq ft (139,400 m2) occupied by a shopping mall with multiplex and an international convention centre, as well as residential apartments and condominiums.[2]

Location and 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] Two submarine cables, namely SAFE and SEA-ME-WE 3 have their landing points at the gateway. 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. ↑ "NeST Electronics City in Kochi soon". Hindu. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. ↑ "NeST Electronics City, Official Site". NeST Infratech. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  3. ↑ Kerala has cost effective bandwidth
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