Microsoft to open a new 4000-employee campus in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
US-based technology major, Microsoft agreed to set up its campus in Uttar Pradesh, giving a major boost to the state’s efforts to bring in investments. This will ensure employment to about 4,000 persons in the state.
With a capacity of 4,000 people, Microsoft’s Noida campus will be the company’s third campus after Hyderabad and Bengaluru facilities, which have a capacity of 5,000 and 2,000 professionals
An agreement through a virtual discussion has been reached between Microsoft India Managing Director, Rajiv Kumar, and UP (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) MSME Minister Sidharth Nath Singh to set up Microsoft’s north India technology hub in Greater Noida.
According to the Minister, “The government had earlier said that it will make it simpler for investors willing to acquire land within 1 km distance on each side of the state’s expressways.”
“The next step will be a site inspection by the Microsoft team both in Greater Noida and along the Yamuna Expressway and this will be followed by their proposal which the state government will examine,” Minister added
The software major, Microsoft currently has two campuses, with capacities of 5,000 and 2,000 each, in its headquarters in Hyderabad and in Bengaluru. Uttar Pradesh, meanwhile, plans to develop an electronics manufacturing park near the Jewar International Airport.
