Amazon, a leading e-commerce and cloud services firm, is setting up a facility in India, its largest facility outside of the US.
The firm will be setting up a 29 lakh square feet facility in Gachibowli, the IT hub in Hyderabad on 10 acres.
The firm, which has been negotiating with the State government in the last few years for clearances, has received all the permissions to set up the facility.
Top officials of the company will be in Hyderabad some time in a week or two for the ground-breaking function.
The facility will take care of operational support that it needs for its global operations. The site would also help the firm ramp up its cloud services Amazon Web Services in the Indian market. The location is close to Microsoft, CA, Infosys and Wipro offices. Google too is setting up a huge facility in the vicinity.
The facility, which will be ready by 2018, is likely to house 12,000-14,000 employees.
The company has recently opened its 11{+t}{+h} fulfilment centre at Kothur in the neighbouring Mahboobnagar district. John Schoettler, Director (Global Real-estate and Facilities) had met Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao to discuss the project.
To invest ₹1,000 crore “We have got them all the permissions required to set up the facility.
“With this, we have the entire major IT, digital and e-commerce companies in Hyderabad. Apple is also coming to the city in a big way.
“Amazon is planning an investment of ₹1,000 crore to develop the facility,” a State government official involved in the discussions told BusinessLine .