Amazon to set up facility in Vizag in 2023

Visakhapatnam: World's largest online retailer Amazon will set up a facility in Visakhapatnam in 2023. The facility will be a system software development and IT-based service center.

In a tweet, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Visakhapatnam said Amazon will open a facility at Visakhapatnam with an initial investment of Rs. 55.65 lakhs and provide approximately 120 jobs. The targeted increase in software export is likely to increase to Rs. 184.12 crores in the next three years.

Visakhapatnam, the IT hub of Andhra Pradesh, already has many IT companies, including Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Conduent, Miracle City, Patra India, WNS, Fluentgrid, and Cyient. Adani Group has been allotted 130 acres in the city to establish a data park with an estimated investment of Rs. 14,500 crore. Infosys recently announced it will set up of its satellite office at Rushikonda IT SEZ Hill-2 and will work with the existing staff in Vizag.

According to state IT and industries minister Gudivada Amarnath, Vizag is all set to become an IT hub. In 2021-22, Visakhapatnam contributed Rs. 776 crores in IT exports of the total Rs. 1,256 crores contribution of Andhra Pradesh.