TIDEL Park

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TIDEL Park

The TIDEL Park, one of the largest IT park in Asia

General information
Type
Information Technology Park
Location
Taramani, Chennai, India
4, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Taramani,
Address
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 113,
India
Construction
1999
started
Completed
2000
Inaugurated 4 July 2000
Cost
338 crore
Owner
TIDEL Park Ltd
Height
Roof
51.68 m (169.6 ft)[1]
Top floor
12
Technical details
Floor count
13
Floor area
1,280,000 sq ft (119,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators 19[1]
Design and construction
C N Raghavendran (CRN
Architect
Architects)
Developer
TIDCO and ELCOT
Main contractor Hyundai Engineering Company
References

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Entrance of the TIDEL Park

Tidel Park and ELNET on Rajiv Gandhi Salai

Panorama of the TIDEL Junction

TIDEL Park is an information technology (IT) park situated in the city of Chennai, India. The
name TIDEL is a portmanteau of TIDCO and ELCOT. An ISO 9001/14001 company, it is one of
the largest IT parks in Asia. It was set up in 2000 to foster the growth of information technology
in the state of Tamil Nadu by the TIDEL Park Ltd, a joint venture of TIDCO and ELCOT.

Location
TIDEL Park is located on the six-lane Rajiv Gandhi Salai in Taramani opposite to the
Thiruvanmiyur MRTS Railway Station and close to the Rajiv Gandhi SalaiThiruvanmiyur West
Avenue Junction, a high-density traffic junction used by about 30,000 vehicles a day.[3]

The building
Infrastructure
TIDEL Park is a 13-storied building, rated as the single largest IT park in the country,[4] with two
basements, ground floor, 12 upper floors and a parking ground and has a built-up area of
1,280,000 sq ft (119,000 m2) with centralised air-conditioning and an independent power supply.
Built on a land covering 8 acres, the building has a 650-seat auditorium, a 130-seat conference

hall, a 16,000 sq ft multi-cuisine food court and space to park 4,000 two-wheelers and 1,200
cars.[4] The building has 19 elevators and 2 escalators.[1] The ground floor and the first floor
houses common facilities such as restaurant, banks, shops, health clubs, auditoriums, business
centre and department stores. The ground floor consists of the auditorium, TIDEL administrative
office, food court, banks and Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Videsh Sanchar
Nigam Limited (VSNL) offices. Built at a cost of 338 crore, the park provides network
connectivity with direct satellite uplink. The building was designed by C N Raghavendran and
was commissioned on 4 July 2000 built in a time of 15 months from the date of commencement
of its construction. It has the world's 3rd largest TES systems for ACMV. For the first time in the
country, a thermal energy storage system for air-conditioning was used in the building. An
integrated building management system was also incorporated to take care of safety and security.
[5]
The design of the building provides office space of various sizes ranging from a small office of
4,500 sq ft to a whole floor of 90,000 sq ft on any floor.[6]
VSNL, DoT and STPI have provided exclusive support services to the park. Two dedicated
communication backbones created with TIDEL for operation by VSNL and STPI have been
provided. Each office module has facility for a bandwidth of 10-12 Mbit/s. The Tamil Nadu
Electricity Board (TNEB) has set up an exclusive 110 kV sub-station. The facility has been
provided a 10.5 MVA diesel genset for full back-up requirement.

Finance
The 320 crore project cost has an equity portion of 94 crore and a debt portion of 226
crore. The Tamil Nadu government holds a preferential equity of 40 crore in lieu of the land
allotted for the project, while the balance 54 crore equity has been split between TIDCO,
ELCOT, the EPC contractor, banks, insurance companies and financial institutions. The project
has a debt-equity ratio of 2.4:1, with the debt portion having a government guarantee.[7]

Occupancy
The park currently hosts several software, telecommunications and BPO companies. Recently,
[when?]
it has been a venue to several unconferences like Blogcamp, Barcamp, WikiCamp and
PodWorks.