Amazon set to launch its largest overseas campus in Hyderabad
hyderabad — The global ecommerce major Amazon has launched work on a new campus in Hyderabad, billed as its biggest facility outside the United States.
Spread over 10 acres of land in Gachibowli, the thriving IT hub of the city, the state-of-the-art campus will be ready by 2019. The Telangana Information Technology Minister K T Rama Rao laid the foundation stone for the works in the presence of top officials from Amazon and the state government.
The new campus would house thousands of employees managing backend operations for Amazon’s various global business and technology teams. It will also house a technology development centre. In July 2014, Amazon’s founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos had committed to invest $2 billion in India to take on local rivals such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and PayTm.
This marks Amazon’s second significant investment in the state within a year. Last year, the e-commerce behemoth had announced the launch of one of its biggest Fulfilment Centres in the country in Hyderabad.
The twin projects of Amazon are expected to give a major boost for the new state of Telangana which has been making rigorous efforts to attract investments and showcase Hyderabad as an ideal international investment destination. “We are 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. We will continue to make all efforts to make Telangana an investor friendly state and help companies like Amazon expand their presence in the region,” Rama Rao said.