It’s the mother of all IT developments in Gujarat. It many have been languishing for the better part of the past five years, but with the world finally waking up to Gujarat’s potential as an IT/ITES hub, the 150-acre Gandhinagar Infocity is not just finally humming with life but also expanding rapidly.

Several BPO, KPO and software development firms have already set up shop including biggies like Tata Consultancy Services that already has 1,000 developers in infotower-1 TCS has also acquired 20 acres of land at Infocity and is learnt to be infilling another 5-10 acres for an ITSEZ that can accommodate 3000 developers in the first phase. Others like Microsoft, Cybage and Moksha to have set up a presence.

Set up in 2001, Infocity Gandhinagar today has around 6 lakh sq ft of constructed space across two info Towers and one SoftTower for local BPOs, with another 2 lakh sq ft SoftTower to be opened up soon. Work on a 1.25 lakh sq ft info Tower-3 has already commenced, Infocity Gandhinagar director marketing anupam saxena said, adding most of the existing space was occupied.

But soon Gujarat’s sole IT park could be facing the mother of all battles with realty glants K Raheja Corp, which is setting up a Rs 350 crore Mindspace right next door at Koba where the sate government has already allotted 93 acres now eyeing IT parks.

DLF too has also sought around 100 acres near Gandhinagar and 50 acres near Vadodara which also has players like L&T, Kolkata-based infirmity group and a UK-based player planning IT park. But as far as Gujarat goes, the more the merrier!