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{{Infobox company
| name = Cyber City
| logo =
| type = Private sector
| genre = [[Special Economic Zone]]
| foundation = 17 February 2011
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| location_city = [[Kochi, India|Kochi]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| location = 
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| key_people =
| area_served =
| industry = [[Information technology]] business park
| subsid =
| owner = [[Adani group]]
| slogan =
| homepage =
| dissolved =
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'''Cyber City, Kochi''', also known as Adani Cyber City, is a proposed [[Special Economic Zone]] [[information technology]] park in the city of [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is promoted by Adani and is located near [[HMT (company)|HMT]] at [[Kalamassery]].<ref name="will-not-exit-cybercity-project">{{Cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/hdil-says-it-will-not-exit-cybercity-project-in-kochi/article4788645.ece|title=HDIL says it will not exit Cybercity project in Kochi |access-date=2016-05-06|location=Chennai, India|date=2013-06-07}}</ref> The SEZ will be built over a land area of {{convert|70|acre|ha|1}}. Construction was expected to start on 17 February 2011, and the first phase was scheduled to be within two years.<ref name="Work Starts">{{Cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/work-on-cyber-city-to-begin-today/article1463836.ece|title=Work on Cyber City to begin today |access-date=2011-02-17|location=Chennai, India|date=2011-02-17}}</ref> The current status of the project is uncertain as the work never commenced as planned.

According to the rules governing a Special Economic Zone, 70% of the built-up area will be processing area for IT and ITES business, primarily for export. The remaining 30 per cent is categorised as a non-processing zone and will feature shopping malls, convention centres, apartment complexes and other lifestyle needs, developing it into a full-fledged township.<ref name="Launch News">{{Cite web|publisher=The New Indian Express|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article397776.ece|title=HDIL Cyber City to be launched today|date=2011-02-17|access-date=2011-02-17}}</ref>

The first phase consists of a built-up space of {{convert|1000000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}}, to be built in two years. Once completed, it will house a built-up space of {{convert|10000000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Work Starts"/>

==Location & Connectivity==

The planned township is on 70 acres of land bought from HMT. It is located 17 km from the city centre and 22 km from the [[CIAL|International Airport]], among an area where a number of other similar developments are being planned. the distance to [[National Highway 47 (India)|NH 47]] is 5 km.

The [[VSNL]]’s communication [[Gateway (computer networking)|gateway]] is located less than 7 km from the park. This gateway handles around 70% of the country’s data traffic.<ref name="cost effective bandwidth">{{Cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://subscribe.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/eweek.dll/portal/ep/itcontentView.do?contentId=6239024&programId=6037308&BV_ID=@@@|title=Kerala has cost effective bandwidth|access-date=2016-05-06|location=Kochi, India}}{{Dead link|date=August 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The proximity to the [[SAFE (cable system)|SAFE]] and [[SEA-ME-WE 3]] cables dropping zone and direct optical fibre link to the gigabyte router of VSNL, enables the park to offer 100% uptime data connectivity to units. Kochi offers [[Pacific]] and [[Atlantic]] route of connectivity to the [[US]].

==Infrastructure==

70% of the built up area of the township will be used for IT and ITES industries. The remaining 30% will be non processing area, used for residential, commercial and entertainment purposes.

==See also==
* [[Economy of Kochi]]
* [[Smart City, Kochi|Smart City]]
* [[Infopark, Kochi]]
* [[Electronics City, Kochi]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://keralait.org/ Keralait.org]

[[Category:Software technology parks in Kerala]]
[[Category:Economy of Kochi]]

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