Wipro to spend Rs 15,000-mn for SEZ expansion

Chennai: Wipro Technologies will spend nearly Rs 1,500 crore during this fiscal in infrastructure addition across the country, and plans to add 6-8 million sq ft of space in the next 24-36 months, according to its Chief Information Officer, Mr Laxman K. Badiga. “The expansion will be in special economic zones,”' he said.

Mr Badiga said in Chennai alone the software major will create capacity to accommodate around 50,000 employees in its two new campuses one at Sholinganallur and another at Mahindra City SEZ.

At present, around 2,000 people are working in the new Wipro-Elcot SEZ in Sholinganallur campus. The first phase of the 90-acre Mahindra City facility will be ready in six months to accommodate around 1000 employees, he said at the Sholinganallur facility.

According to Mr Badiga, in the long run the two new campuses in Chennai could accommodate around 50,000 employees. 'I cannot put a time frame,' he said.
Wipro is also planning a second centre in Coimbatore, where it has been given 10 acres of land. This city will be more for BPO operations, he said.