Uttar Pradesh
HCLTech Plans ₹500 Crore Lucknow Expansion; Yogi Adityanath Sets Goal of 50 AI Startups in City

LUCKNOW: The HCL group has announced a ₹500 crore second phase of its IT City campus in Lucknow, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the state is working to develop India's first AI City in the capital, with a goal of at least 50 world-class AI startups.
The announcements were made on Tuesday, October 6, at an event marking 10 years of HCLTech's Lucknow campus, attended by HCLTech chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Shikhar Malhotra, chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, the Free Press Journal reported.
The second phase will be built on about 20 acres and add about 9.5 lakh square feet, including a new IT building with around 5,000 seats. It is expected to create about 6,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Free Press Journal and Digital Terminal.
HCL will also launch an AI training programme for 1,000 students from local colleges. Over 10…



















