ELCOT IT Park Trichy

ELCOT IT Park Trichy is located in 2 acres of land at ELCOT SEZ in Navalpattu which is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. The IT Park is connected to the Trichy-Pudukottai NH-336 by a 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) long four-lane road laid at a cost of ₹6.1 crore (US$860,000).[1]

The ELCOT IT Building situated in a 2-acre land was built by MARG Limited at an cost of ₹60 crore (US$8.4 million). It is a two-story building with total floor capacity of 59,960 sq ft (5,570 m²). The building offers complete Power back-up, Communication network, general maintenance, Access control and fire safety and ample parking space.[2] Currently the entire floor space is occupied by various companies, where 1535 employees are working,[3] as listed below.

The IT Park comprises total land of 147.61 acres (597,400 m²). Out of which 123.23 acres (498,700 m²) falls under Special Economic Zone and the rest 24.28 acres (98,300 m²) are Non-SEZ lands. Approval for SEZ is effective from 26 July 2007. The TNEB has been provided with ten acres of land to set up a 110 kv sub station.[4]

Due to overwhelming response and requests from various stakeholders for more building space since the existing one has been completely occupied, Tamil Nadu Government has decided to construct one more IT Building next to the existing one. Tenders for the construction has been called by Public Works Department during August 2020 at a cost of ₹42.26 crore (US$5.9 million).[5] The new building will be a 4-story building with total floor space 113,000 sq ft (10,500 m²) of which 62,000 sq ft (5,800 m²) is office space. The civil work has started in December 2020 and is estimated to be completed in 18 months.