Electronics_City,_Kochi

Electronics City, Kochi

Electronics City, Kochi

Add article description

Not to be confused with Electronic City.

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 30 acres (12.1 ha) in Kalamassery on a budget of ₹2500 Crores.[1]

Quick Facts Company type, Industry ...

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 accommodates 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

Electronic City entrance

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. [1]
    "NeST Electronics City in Kochi soon". Hindu. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    "NeST Electronics City, Official Site". NeST Infratech. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. [3]
    Kerala has cost effective bandwidth

10.057°N 76.360°E / 10.057; 76.360
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Electronics_City,_Kochi, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.