Infosys opens a 1.1 million sq ft block at Pocharam, Hyderabad, adding 10,000 seats for 13,000+ employees

Infosys opened a new software development block at its Pocharam Development Center in Hyderabad on October 30. Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu and Infosys CFO Jayesh Sanghrajka attended.

Key points

• New block: 1.1 million sq ft with 10,000 seats.
• Capacity for more than 13,000 employees under a hybrid model.
• The Pocharam campus covers 450 acres; seven existing blocks have about 4.58 million sq ft built up.
• Focus: AI, cloud, cybersecurity and engineering services, for clients in banking, retail, life sciences and manufacturing.
• Features include radiant cooling, rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse.

Bhatti Vikramarka said Telangana has become a global technology destination. Sanghrajka said Hyderabad has been central to the company's growth and called the site a strategic hub for helping clients adopt AI.

The 13,000 figure is capacity. Infosys has not said how many people it will hire or how much it invested. The company employs more than 325,000 people in 59 countries.