Bangalore: IT majors Infosys and Wipro have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka government to establish more development centres in the state, at the Global Investors Meet (GIM) held recently in Banglore. While Infosys signed a Rs. 2,950 crore MoU to set a software development centre in Sarjapur Road in Bangalore, Wipro signed a similar MoU of Rs 537 crore to set up a software export hub in its Sarjapur facility in Bangalore.
According to reports, Infosys have acquired about 365 acres of land at Sarjapur and around 40 acres of land at Devanahalli for another centre to come up later. In fact, its Mysore campus is currently the largest facility and the Sarjapur campus would be second largest. The company is expected to hire 18,000 employees for its new centre coming up at Sarjapur.
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