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{{Short description|Technology hub in Kolkata, India}}
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| owner = [[Government of West Bengal]]
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'''Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub''' is a [[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">{{Cite web |title=SILICON VALLEY SLIDE |url=https://bengalsiliconvalley.in/assets/brouchure/SILICON_VALLEY_SLIDE.pdf |access-date=10 April 2026 |website=Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub}}</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 |date=11 April 2023 }}</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|website=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=13 August 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 Phase I and II with TCS having 20 acres, Reliance Jio having 40 acres, Cognizant having 25 acres, ISI having four acres, Tech Mahindra having four acres and Capgemini having four acres. The Phase III allotted 56.7 acres of land.<ref>{{cite news |first=Suman |last=Chakraborty |date= |title=Hidco to allot 56 acres for Phase III 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=11 May 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>{{cite web | title=51.8 acres in Kolkata tech hub for Adani hyperscale data centre | work=The Times of India | date=7 June 2022 | url=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)
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| label2 = CoE (5.36 acres)
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| label3 = Digital consulting (0.05 acres)
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| label4 = E-commerce (6.00 acres)
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| label5 = IoT (1.12 acres)
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| label6 = AI (1.25 acres)
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| label7 = IT/ITeS (77.89 acres)
| value7 = 28.35
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| label8 = KPO (5.38 acres)
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| label9 = R&D (8.16 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|last1=Parbat |first1=Kalyan |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]] |date=13 August 2018 }}</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=19 January 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=6 June 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 phases (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|work=The Times of India |date=7 December 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 |date=16 January 2023 }}</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|work=The Times of India |date=1 October 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=11 April 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=7 September 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=7 March 2023}}</ref> in five acres, [[RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group|Firstsource Solutions]] in four acres. There are more than 40 medium and small IT companies.{{fact|date=July 2025}}

On 9 January 2023, [[Tata Consultancy Services]] (TCS) signed a lease agreement with [[WBHIDCO]] to lease a land parcel of 20 acres at a cost of {{INRConvert|94|c|lk=on|year=2026}} for 99 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-09 |title=TCS buys 20 acres of land in Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub at New Town, Kolkata for ₹94 crore |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/real-estate/tcs-buys-20-acres-of-land-in-bengal-silicon-valley-tech-hub-at-new-town-kolkata-for-94-crore-101775755340093.html |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

===Others===
Other sectors 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 four-acre plot. [[Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & 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= 9 February 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 [[Orange Line (Kolkata Metro)|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]]
[[Category:Economy of West Bengal]]
[[Category:New Town, Kolkata]]

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