Infosys to set up 300-crore campus in Mohali

Infosys representatives credited the state’s simplified policies and quick approvals for speeding up the project. “The government’s investor-friendly framework has accelerated our timelines,” a company official said.

Infosys’ Mohali journey has been a story of promise, setbacks and revival. Back in 2012, Punjab aggressively courted the IT giant, offering land in the ambitious 600-acre IT City project near the international airport. In February 2014, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy laid the foundation stone for a sprawling 50-acre campus in Sector 83. The plan was grand: ₹425 crore in phase one for 6.5 lakh sq ft, scaling to 20,000 jobs and over ₹1,000 crore total investment.

But environmental clearances dragged on until 2016, and infrastructure bottlenecks — delayed roads, patchy utilities — choked progress. By 2017, Infosys had managed only a modest outpost employing 900, while much of IT City remained barren. Investor enthusiasm ebbed, with several firms surrendering plots. Mohali’s IT capital dream seemed stalled, overshadowed by Chandigarh’s Quark City and even global exits like Dell.

Fast-forward to 2025, and the narrative is shifting. Arora said the ₹300-crore expansion marks not just bricks and mortar but a renewal of faith in Punjab’s potential. In its second phase, Infosys is expected to add another 4.8 lakh sq ft, taking the project closer to its original scale.