Infopark, Thrissur
InfoPark Thrissur is an information technology park situated in Koratty near Chalakudy of Thrissur District in Kerala. This is the first information technology park in the state that has become operational under the 'Hub and Spoke Model', where InfoPark, Kochi acts as the hub and InfoPark Koratty as the spoke. The park is located 45 km from Kochi, 35 km from Thrissur, 5 km from Chalakudy and around 14 km from the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery. It is fully owned by the Government of Kerala. The InfoPark is associated with Kerala State IT Mission and Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd.
Infrastructure
The Government of Kerala has allotted 42 acres of land for the InfoPark. Currently, InfoPark possesses 30 acres of land for the development. The plot that was given to set up the InfoPark earlier housed the Madura Coats factory. InfoPark has planned three phases of development. The Phase I of InfoPark was launched by Kerala Chief Minister, V. S. Achuthanandan on 10 October 2009 with 12 medium-sized companies and an office space of. Phase II of InfoPark was inaugurated on 8 January 2010, where another was added. The construction of a new multistory building was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, on 8 September 2012.Infopark Thrissur was also granted the Special Economic Zone Status by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India in 2014 for 18 acres of land wherein the new Multi-storied IT Block ‘INDEEVARAM’ is located. In the Phase III and final phase, Government is planning to develop the 25 acres of InfoPark as a Special Economic Zone where a 2-lakh-sqft building will be constructed. The new upcoming campus, consisting of a multistory building with more than two lakh square feet built-up area, got Special economic zone status from the government of India in July 2014. The nearest major city next to Koratty Infopark is Chalakudy.