Technocity, Thiruvananthapuram

[1] Technocity is a complete IT City, spread across about 500 acres (200 hectares), which includes not just space for IT/ITES firms but also residential, commercial, hospitality, medical, and educational facilities.

The Government is represented by Technopark and a special company called the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL).

[4] Technocity will supply electricity through a 220 KV, 100 MVA dedicated internal power sub-station and distribution system with built-in redundancies at all levels.

[citation needed] Thiruvananthapuram is connected to the National Internet Backbone and Technocity will be serviced by a variety of bandwidth providers, including Reliance Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Videsh Sanchar Nigam and Asianet Dataline, through fibre optic lines in the campus.

FLAG Telecom—a subsidiary of Reliance Infocomm—has landed its FALCON global cable system at Thiruvananthapuram, providing direct connectivity to the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

IIITM–K is a premier institution of higher education, research and development in applied information technology and management.

In addition to providing post graduate courses in Information Technology, IIITM–K is a leader in educational networking and in setting up web portals which benefit the community.

The campus will be built over an area of 6.1 million square feet and feature residential accommodation for students and faculty at the center.

[citation needed] Nine major developers had qualified for the bid including the Indian subsidiary of the world's leading developer - Emaar Properties, a consortium of Forest City Enterprises and Sun Group, K.Raheja Corporation, Larsen and Toubro, Suzlon, Maytas Infrastructure and the Brigade Group.

Artist's view of Technocity
SunTec building in Technocity