🚀 THE SILICON east IS FINALLY WAKING UP.
vizag is done waiting.
Done watching cities like Bengaluru, hyderabad, and chennai hog all the tech glory.
Done playing the sleepy coastal town.
Because this december, cognizant — one of India’s biggest IT giants — is flipping the switch, lighting the fuse, and officially dragging vizag into the big-league map of India’s tech future.
Not with a pilot project.
Not with a “wait-and-watch” office.
But with a massive ₹1,583 crore commitment, a 22-acre campus, and 8,000 jobs — the kind of bet only a confident tech titan makes.
vizag isn’t just getting a company.
It’s getting a future.
🔥 1. THE MEGACITY MOMENT — vizag IS FINALLY ON THE TECH RADAR
After years of political back-and-forth, stalled momentum, and broken promises, vizag finally has a heavyweight stepping in.
Cognizant’s arrival sends one loud message:
“The east Coast is open for business — big business.”
Tech giants have been circling vizag, but cognizant is the one that pulled the trigger first. And once one giant lands, the rest follow.
This is the domino effect vizag has been starving for.
⚡ 2. THE BHOOMI PUJA THAT SIGNALS A TECH STORM
On December 12, cognizant will perform a bhoomi puja for its permanent campus in Kapuluppada.
But here’s the punch:
They’re not waiting till construction finishes.
On the same day, operations begin immediately from the Mahati Building in Hill No. 2, Rushikonda.
Just like that — vizag goes from “planning to be a tech hub” to “a major IT player is already here.”
And cm Chandrababu Naidu attending?
That’s not a ceremony.
That’s political signalling.
A message to the world:
“AP is back in the tech race.”
💥 3. THE LAND DEAL THAT TURNED HEADS ACROSS INDIA
The government allotted 22.19 acres to cognizant at — brace yourself — 99 paise per acre.
This isn’t charity.
It’s a strategy.
India’s most successful tech cities were built on bold land deals:
Bengaluru’s early IT parks
Hyderabad’s Cyberabad
Chennai’s OMR corridor
ap just played that same masterstroke.
APIIC fast-tracked land transfer from VMRDA and handed it over — no drama, no delay, no red tape.
And that efficiency alone sets ap apart in today’s bureaucratic India.
⚡ 4. THE job TSUNAMI — 8000 OPPORTUNITIES, 800 THIS YEAR ITSELF
cognizant isn’t here for optics.
It’s here with a hiring plan:
₹1,583 crore investment
8000 jobs in the Kapuluppada campus
800 employees starting in Hill No. 2 this month
This is not a “future promise.”
This is Day One hiring.
And for thousands of engineers in ap who migrate to hyderabad or Bengaluru, this is a life-changing shift.
For the first time, home is becoming the new tech frontier.
🔥 5. WHY cognizant CHOSE vizag NOW — AND WHY THEY COULDN’T WAIT TILL 2026
The government initially asked cognizant to begin operations in 2026.
That date collapsed.
Why?
Because momentum exploded.
cognizant internally asked employees if they’d relocate to Vizag.
The response?
OVERWHELMING YES.
When talent signals readiness…
When market signals appetite…
When government signals support…
A company doesn’t wait.
It leaps.
That’s why operations are starting in December 2025 — one full year early.
⚡ 6. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR VIZAG’S TECH FUTURE
cognizant already runs major centres in:
Hyderabad
Bengaluru
Kochi
Kolkata
Chennai
Pune
Adding Vizag to that lineup instantly validates the city as a Tier-1 emerging tech destination.
This opens the floodgates for:
TCS
Infosys
Accenture
Capgemini
Oracle
Amazon
Deloitte
Product startups
GCCs
The tech industry expands in clusters.
Cognizant is the anchor.
The rest will follow — fast.
🔥 7. THE 2029 CAMPUS — A FUTURE TECH CITY WITHIN A CITY
The Kapuluppada campus, expected to be ready by 2029, won’t just be an office.
It’s expected to be a mini IT city with:
multi-tower tech blocks
training centers
advanced R&D hubs
green-certified buildings
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Vizag’s skyline is about to change — permanently.
⚡ CONCLUSION — THIS ISN’T JUST A COMPANY EXPANSION. IT’S A TURNING POINT.
Cognizant's stepping into vizag is one of the biggest economic wins for ap in a decade.
It’s not symbolic.
It’s structural.
It shifts:
jobs
investment
migration patterns
city identity
Andhra’s position on the national IT map
vizag isn’t waiting for its moment anymore.
It's moment just landed — with a billion-rupee wallet and an 8000-employee future.
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