Sonata to set up another centre in Hyderabad

Mumbai: Sonata Software will set up its second development centre in the emerging IT hub at Kokapet, near Gachhi Bowli, in Hyderabad.

The company has been allotted seven acre in the SEZ being set up by the government of Andhra Pradesh for setting up an IT campus. Sonata plans to invest Rs100 crore to build a state-of-the-art campus, which will function as a dedicated facility for its global clients, the company said in a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

"We have had excellent experience with our first facility in Hyderabad, and are pleased that we shall now be setting up the second facility here. The new campus B will help extend our world-class infrastructure to support our future growth plans," said Ramaswamy, president and managing director of the company.

The centre will have a capacity for 2,600 professionals, the release added.