Infosys will recruit 25,000 for its second centre in Hyderabad. They would recruit 14,000 in the first phase and 11,000 more in the second phase of the 448-acre special economic zone campus at Pocharam on the Warangal highway.

An Infosys delegation led by its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan, met Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, and explained to him about the expansion plan in Pocharam.

“The facility already houses 4,000 employees. We will add the remaining in phases,” a statement from the Chief Minister's Office quoting Mr Gopalakrishnan said.

About 15,000 people worked in Infosys' facility at Gachibowli here.

The company's Pocharam facility was in the news recently after APIIC (Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation) served a notice on the company, asking it to explain the reasons for the delay in meeting the deadlines agreed upon.