Infy shelves plans to develop second campus in Kerala.

India's second largest information technology (IT) services provider, Infosys, has abandoned plans to develop its second centre in Thiruvanthapuram's Technocity. Senior executives said lack of infrastructure at the project site was why.

Ramadas Kamath, executive vice-president at Infosys, who heads infrastructure, facilities and administration, confirmed a letter from Infosys had been sent to the Technopark authorities conveying the decision.

Technopark officials denied the allegations of ‘non-cooperation’ in building infrastructure for Infosys in Technocity, the Phase IV expansion of Technopark, stating the IT Park had provided all facilities required to start construction in the acquired land.

“Technopark authorities have failed to even provide basic facilities like road, power and water, and instead are asking us to submit the bidding plan with no guarantee that they will ensure those. All his (Technopark chief executive officer’s) statements are baseless. They are hushing up their mistakes. We are going to raise this issue with the honourable chief minister,” said Kamath.

Infosys had acquired about 50 acres for setting up its second campus in the city in 2012. Even after three years the project had not taken off. Infosys already had two development centres in Technopark Phase-I and Technopark Phase-II.

At present, Infosys has about 5,000 employees working from its other campus in Kerala.

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