After search engine giant Google, it is e-commerce giant Amazon’s turn, as Amazon has agreed to build its biggest campus outside the US in India, that too in Hyderabad. Earlier, Google announced that its second biggest campus in the world will come up in Hyderabad and in no time Amazon has also confirmed its plans.
This was announced by Telangana’s IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao, while he was addressing the media during the launch of Amazon’s biggest fulfilment center in India at Hyderabad.
Amazon inaugurated its biggest Fulfilment Centre (FC) in Hyderabad happens to be its biggest FC in terms of size and area that is spread over 280,000 sq. ft.
Amazon’s FC has been established at Mahabubnagar, nearly 60kms from Hyderabad. With this, the overall count of Amazon’s FC’s in India sum up to 11, in eight different states.
The new facility in Hyderabad will help all the small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the state of Telangana and the nearby regions of the state that would service customers across the country at a lower operating cost, and will also ensure that the products are delivered faster from Amazon.in.
The initial reports suggest that Amazon will be investing around Rs. 1,800 crores in the facility for which the state government has already allotted 10 acres of land near Hyderabad’s IT corridor, Gachibowli.
Looks like the focus has shifted towards Hyderabad, as it is now witnessing yet another boom in the IT sector.
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