Hyderabad/Hitec City
India's Original Cyber City, Where the IT Revolution Began and Never Stopped
HITEC City is the symbolic and operational heart of Hyderabad's technology ecosystem, a landmark commercial district inaugurated on 22 November 1998 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the vision of then Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who modelled it on Singapore's Multimedia Super Corridor. Spanning a core area of 200 acres (81 ha) in Madhapur, HITEC City served as the catalyst for what became Cyberabad, a broader technology township of approximately 6,100 ha stretching across Madhapur, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Miyapur, Nanakramguda, and Serilingampally. As of 2025, the HITEC City
SEZ
Grade A IT Parks / SEZ Strata / Campus Lease
Managed Office
Managed Offices
Co-working
Coworking Spaces
Nearest Metro Station(s) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad, ~34 km via ORR and Nehru Outer Ring Road
IT Services & ITES
Largest segment; Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant, and Accenture run large delivery and transformation centres in Infocity and Mindspace; employs 100,000+ directly
Global Capability Centres (GCCs)
360+ GCCs across the broader Cyberabad cluster; HSBC, Novartis, Hyundai Mobis, and Bank of America have BTS facilities
BFSI Technology
HSBC, Bank of America, PayPal, and JP Morgan operate technology and analytics centres
Software Products & SaaS
Salesforce, ServiceNow, Uber, and 200+ product startups operate from managed offices and T-Hub
Pharma Tech & Life Sciences
Novartis India, Dr. Reddy's IT innovation, and several pharma analytics operations
Conventions & Hospitality
HICC, India's largest convention centre (27,000 sqm, 6.1 ha), supports a thriving MICE economy; Novotel and ITC Hotels adjacent
HITEC City-2 is a notified IT/ITeS Special Economic Zone offering income tax exemptions, customs duty benefits, and GST input credit for qualifying export-oriented IT/ITES units. L&T Infocity and Mindspace IT Park include STPI-registered units for software export benefits. Telangana's TS-iPASS (Industrial Project Approval and Self-Certification System) provides single-window clearance with 15-day approval timelines, among India's fastest.
HITEC City is surrounded by Hyderabad's most prestigious educational cluster: International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-H, ~5 km), Indian School of Business (ISB, ~8 km), University of Hyderabad (UoH, ~10 km), and Osmania University (~20 km). JNTU Hyderabad (~15 km) produces over 20,000 engineering graduates annually. Hyderabad's 500,000+ strong tech workforce maintains 15% lower attrition than comparable Bengaluru numbers.
Cyber Pearl holds a GRESB 5-star global sustainability rating (2024). Mindspace IT Park holds IGBC Green certification. The V (Ascendas) meets global CapitaLand ESG standards. Microsoft's HITEC City campus has LEED Gold certification for at least one building. Over 45% of new Grade A office supply in Hyderabad was green-certified by mid-2025, and HITEC City leads this transition.
HITEC City operates at 99.9% power uptime, supported by dedicated HV substations from TSSPDCL (Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company). All Grade A parks provide 100% diesel/DG backup with N+1 configuration. 1 Gbps fibre internet is available in 85% of Grade A office spaces in the HITEC City corridor. Multi-provider fibre (Jio, Airtel, ACT Fibernet, BSNL) ensures high-redundancy connectivity for enterprise users.