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{{Short description|Technology hub in Kolkata, India}}
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| location               = [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] Action Area II, [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area|Kolkata (Greater)]], [[India]]
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| owner                  = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| operator               = [[West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation|HIDCO]]
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| type                   =  Technology Park
| genre                  = [[Information technology|IT]]/ITeS<br>[[Data Centre]]<br>[[E-commerce]]<br>[[Internet of things|IoT]]<br>[[Knowledge process outsourcing|KPO]]<br>[[Artificial intelligence|AI]]<br>[[Research and development|R&D]]<br>[[Telecommunications|Telecom]]
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| acreage                = 250 acres<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/more-land-for-bengal-silicon-valley/articleshow/91478697.cms|title=More land for Bengal Silicon Valley|date=May 11, 2022|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>
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'''Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub''' is an under construction [[technology]] [[Business park|hub]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], consisting of various [[Industrial park|tech parks]], buildings, projects and premises which work on the sectors like [[Information technology|IT]]/ITeS, [[Data Centre]], [[E-commerce]], [[Internet of things|IoT]], [[Knowledge process outsourcing|KPO]], [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Research and development|R&D]] and [[Telecommunications|Telecom]].<ref name="auto2">https://bengalsiliconvalley.in/assets/brouchure/SILICON_VALLEY_SLIDE.pdf</ref> The hub is projected to be completed in 2025, generating 1,00,000 direct jobs. As of 2022, the total investment in the hub is ₹1 trillion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/bengal-silicon-valley-expected-to-be-operational-by-2025-end/3041300/|title=Bengal Silicon Valley expected to be operational by 2025 end |website=Financial Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proptiger.com/guide/post/silicon-valley-project-will-be-a-gamechanger-for-kolkatas-real-estate|title=Silicon Valley, New Town: Gamechanger for Kolkata real estate|first=Surbhi|last=Gupta|website=www.proptiger.com}}</ref>
==Formation==
Bengali Silicon Valley Hub was formed in 2018 to boost technology service industry in the state and was inaugurated on 13 August 2018 by Chief Minister of West Bengal [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/mamata-launches-bengal-silicon-valley-hub-1502673008.html|title=Mamata launches Bengal Silicon Valley Hub|first=Statesman News|last=Service|date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> Initially 100 acres of land was embarked for the hub.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/project-silicon-valley-inaugurated-in-kolkata-today|title=Project Silicon Valley inaugurated in Kolkata today|website=Get Bengal}}</ref> Afterwards another 100 acres of land was added after the announcement of finance minister [[Amit Mitra]]. 107 acres were allotted in Phrase I and II with TCS having 20 acres, Reliance Jio having 40 acres, Cognizant having 25 acres, ISI having 4 acres, Tech Mahindra having 4 acres and Capgemini having 7 acres. The phrase III allotted 56.7 acres of land.<ref>{{cite news |first=Suman |last=Chakraborty |date= |title=Hidco to allot 56 acres for third phrase of Silicon Valley|url= |work= Times of India|page= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> Additional 50 acres of land was added to the hub in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/more-land-for-bengal-silicon-valley/articleshow/91478697.cms|title=More land for Bengal Silicon Valley|date=May 11, 2022|work=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>
==Sectors==
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| footer = As of 2022, the total area allotted stands at 224 acres with 50 companies taking 59 plots<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/51-8-acres-in-kolkata-tech-hub-for-adani-hyperscale-data-centre/articleshow/92047983.cms?bshm=lcbsc/2 ]</ref>
| label1 = Data Centre (118.11 acres)
| value1 = 47.24
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| label2 = CoE (5.36 acres)
| value2 = 2
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| label3 = Digital consulting (0.05 acres)
| value3 = 0.2
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| label4 = E-commerce (6.00 acres)
| value4 = 2.4
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| label5 = IoT (1.12 acres)
| value5 = 0.48
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| label6 = AI (1.25 acres)
| value6 = 0.50
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| label7 = IT/ITeS (77.89 acres)
| value7 = 28.35
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| label8 = KPO (5.38 acres)
| value8 = 2.15
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| label9 = R&D (8.16 acres)
| value9 = 3.26
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| label10 = Telecom (0.50 acres)
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===Data Centres===
BSVH has numerous data centre projects built and under construction. In 2018, [[Jio|Reliance Jio]] took 40 acres of land to set up Rs 1,000-crore [[data centre]] facility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-news/reliance-jio-to-set-up-rs-1000-crore-data-centre-in-kolkata/articleshow/65391067.cms|title=Jio: Reliance Jio to set up Rs 1,000-crore data centre in Kolkata|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> It will have two international data centres in collaboration with Microsoft and a technology centre.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/reliance-begins-construction-of-data-centre-at-silicon-valley-396419|title=Reliance begins construction of data centre at Silicon Valley|first=Team|last=MP|date=January 19, 2020|website=MillenniumPost}}</ref> The facility is planned to have a 525,000 square feet of built-up area. The company invested Rs 100 crore in the first phase.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/reliance-jio-to-set-up-40-acre-data-centre-near-kolkata-1900039|title=Reliance Jio To Set Up 40-acre Data Centre Near Kolkata|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> In 2020, the construction was started.<ref name="auto1"/>
[[Adani Enterprises]] is also constructing a hyper-scale data centre on 51.75 acres of land, which is the single largest land in the hub for a data centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/amp/article/companies/adani-enterprises-to-set-up-data-centre-at-bengal-silicon-valley-minister-122060600707_1.html|title=Adani Enterprises to set up data centre at Bengal Silicon Valley: Minister|date=June 6, 2022|website=www.business-standard.com}}</ref>
NTT Global data centres, which is a pioneer company in the field of data centre is also constructing a data hub on 7.5 acres of land in BSVH. The project was launched in 2022 with a projected investment of ₹2000 Crores. The facility will consist 6 lakh sq. ft. of area, 40 MW capacity and will be built in three phrases (buildings) completing 1, 2.5 and 2.5 lakhs sq. ft. of space respectively.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ntt-to-set-up-data-hub-in-city-invest-890-cr/articleshow/96043747.cms|title=NTT to set up data hub in city, invest 890 cr|date=December 7, 2022|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/business/ntt-plans-rs-2000-crore-investment-in-kolkata-data-centre-news-261998|title=NTT Plans Rs 2000 Crore Investment In Kolkata Data Centre}}</ref>
Other companies are setting up data centres like STT global data centres in 5.6 acres, CtrlS global data centes in 5.6 acres, Techno Electric & Eng in 4 acres and Airtel Nxtra in 2.85 acres.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/business/companies/160123/ctrls-build-indias-largest-datacenter-parks.html|title=CtrlS to build India's largest datacenter parks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/airtel-to-set-up-data-centre-in-new-town/articleshow/86665526.cms|title=Airtel to set up data centre in New Town|date=October 1, 2021|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}</ref>
===IT Space===
Major IT companies have started their constructions in the hub, likely [[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/tcs-reliance-adani-focus-on-bengal-silicon-valley-govt-moving-swiftly-123041100165_1.html|title=TCS, Reliance, Adani eye Bengal 'Silicon Valley,' state govt moving swiftly|date=April 11, 2023|website=www.business-standard.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-bengal-silicon-valley-reliance-jio-tcs-cap-geminin-and-firstsource-solutions-respond-to-eoi-2682075|title=Bengal Silicon Valley: Reliance Jio, TCS, Cap Gemini and Firstsource Solutions respond to EOI|website=DNA India}}</ref> in 20 acres, [[LTIMindtree]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mindtree-planning-to-set-up-development-centre-in-kolkata-says-ceo-122090701457_1.html|title=Mindtree planning to set up development centre in Kolkata, says CEO|date=September 7, 2022|website=www.business-standard.com}}</ref> in 18.92 acres, [[West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited|Webel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egov.eletsonline.com/2023/03/webel-leading-the-it-transformation-in-bengal/|title=WEBEL leading the IT transformation in Bengal|first=Puja|last=Banerjee|date=March 7, 2023}}</ref> in 5 acres, [[RPSG Group|Firstsource Solutions]] in 4 acres. There are more than 40 medium and small IT companies.
===Others===
Other sectos include [[E-commerce]], [[Internet of things|IoT]], [[Knowledge process outsourcing|KPO]], [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Research and development|R&D]] and [[Telecommunications|Telecom]]. [[Indian Statistical Institute]] has a Centre of Excellence on a 4-acre plot. Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research, an R&D institution under [[Ministry of Electronics and Information]] has a 3.05 acre R&D unit in the hub.<ref>{{cite report |author= |date= February 9, 2019 |title= BGBS 2019 |url= |publisher= Millenium Post |page= |access-date= }}</ref>
==Connectivity and transport==
Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub is located on the [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]]. [[Kolkata Metro]]'s [[Kolkata Metro Line 6|Orange Line]] serves as the rapid transit of the area.
==See also==
*[[List of tech parks in Kolkata]]
*[[FinTech Hub, Kolkata]]
==References==
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[[Category:Business parks of India]]
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