Telangana inaugurates ₹58.85-crore IT tower in Adilabad

Telangana inaugurated an IT tower in Adilabad district headquarters. The facility was built at a reported cost of ₹58.85 crore. It includes a TASK training centre and an incubation hub, and some companies have begun operations there.

Arrangements at the tower are intended to provide jobs for 300 people at NTT Data, 250 at N Labs, 20 at Wider Software and 50 at Postrit AI. The inauguration is part of efforts to expand IT activity beyond Hyderabad. The government also plans an industrial corridor covering 3,000 acres in the district; the source describes the airport and corridor as future plans.

Notable Points

• IT hubs beyond Hyderabad: Telangana has set up tier-2 IT hubs in towns including Khammam, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Ramagundam, Mahbubnagar, Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Siddipet and Suryapet.
• Warangal IT infrastructure: At Madikonda in Warangal, the foundation stone for an IT incubation centre was laid in February 2016. Tech Mahindra and Cyient opened campuses there in January 2020, employing about 2,000 people. Softpath and Quadrant also began operations at the Warangal IT Tower and Incubation Centre.
• HITEC City development: Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City (HITEC City) emerged from an IT-sector initiative involving Larsen & Toubro and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation. It was established as a special economic zone.