Lucknow IT City Expansion: HCLTech will invest ₹500 crore on the expansion of Lucknow IT City, 4,500 tech professionals will get space; Big preparation for AI upskilling

A major industrial achievement has come towards establishing Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, as a major software and innovation corridor of the country. The country’s leading IT service provider company HCLTech has formally announced a new capital investment (Capex) of ₹ 500 crore for the extensive expansion of its Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and IT City complex located at Chak Ganjriya (CG City) on Sultanpur Road. Under this ambitious project, the company will create state-of-the-art infrastructure at its existing 100-acre world-class campus, which will directly create the capacity to accommodate and work for 4,500 additional tech professionals. The main focus of this expansion is to establish a Center of Excellence focused on next-generation technologies—especially Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI (GenAI), Cloud Computing and Advanced Data Analytics. This investment is going to give unprecedented momentum to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s resolve to make the state a one trillion dollar economy and his vision of developing Lucknow as the country’s first ‘AI City’.

Meritorious students coming out of engineering institutes of Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Gorakhpur will no longer be forced to move to metropolitan cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune or Gurugram for better career opportunities. The construction of the new phase by HCLTech will create massive opportunities for Software Engineers, Full-Stack Developers, Cloud Architects, Cyber ​​Security Analysts and AI Researchers in the following workplaces:

• Direct and Indirect Employment: Apart from 4,500 direct technical appointments, this mega project will create around 10,000 indirect employment opportunities in facility management, hospitality, transport, logistics and real estate sectors.

• New energy to ‘Come Back Home’ initiative: This policy of the company is providing a golden opportunity to senior and mid-level tech professionals of Uttar Pradesh origin working in other metro cities to return to Lucknow, thereby promoting reverse-migration and returning experienced tech leadership to the capital.

• TechBee Program Extension: HCLTech’s exclusive Work-Integrated Higher Education Program for 12th pass students will also gain momentum from the new campus, giving youth exposure to working on global IT projects at an early age.

According to the company’s senior leadership, the heart of this new expansion is its ‘Global AI and Automation Upskilling Centre’ will be. Given the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence in the tech industry globally, the company will empower its workforce to move beyond traditional coding to practical applications of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs):

• Machine Learning and Neural Networks: AI-based solutions for global multinational clients in the banking, healthcare, automotive and retail sectors will be designed and delivered from this campus.

• Partnership with IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow: HCLTech will run joint research and internship programs with leading academic institutions—particularly IIT Kanpur, IIM Lucknow and AKTU—for cutting-edge research and research.

• State-of-the-Art Data Labs: High capacity computing clusters and secure data labs will be established in the campus which will be 100% compliant with global data protection standards (GDPR and Indian DPDP Act).

HCLTech Lucknow IT City Expansion: Brief Overview of Key Points

This ₹500 crore expansion of HCLTech is having a direct impact on the urban development and infrastructure of Lucknow city. Areas around Chak Ganjariya IT City—especially Amar Shaheed Path, Sultanpur Road, Kisan Path (Outer Ring Road) and Gomti Nagar Extension—There is tremendous growth in commercial and residential activities in:

1. Surge in housing and rental demand: With thousands of high-income IT professionals settling in Lucknow, there has been a 25% to 30% increase in demand for premium apartments, villas and gated communities in the vicinity.

2. Modernization of Public Infrastructure: New flyovers, widened roads and public electric bus routes are being rapidly constructed by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) and the state government to ease connectivity to Shaheed Path. The next phase of the proposed Lucknow Metro extension will also directly connect this IT cluster to the city centre.

3. Commercial and Retail Hub: Being close to Lulu Mall, Medanta Hospital, Cancer Institute and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, this entire area has become the most modern Live-Work-Play zone of North India.

of Uttar Pradesh Government IT & Electronics Startup Policy Capital subsidies, complete exemption in stamp duty, uninterrupted 24×7 power supply and single window clearance have won the trust of global tech giants. This new announcement by HCLTech will also act as a catalyst for other multinational companies (MNCs) who are planning to set up their secondary delivery centers outside Delhi-NCR. Officials of the state IT and Electronics Department have expressed confidence that this expansion will not only enhance the technical reputation of Lucknow, but it will also prove helpful in taking the share of IT exports in the state’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to a record level.