Explained: Trump Media’s Rs 1 lakh-crore bet to put Telangana’s Future City on global real estate map

Future City is planned along the Hyderabad–Bengaluru corridor across 765 square kilometers on the southern outskirts of Hyderabad between the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar highways.

Telangana government’s ambitious Future City project has moved sharply into focus after the announcement of Trump Media’s, US President Donald Trump’s business group, plan to invest up to Rs 1 lakh crore over the next decade in the upcoming greenfield city.

The proposed investment— which is being touted as one of the largest single private commitments announced for an urban project in India—has positioned Future City as a potential global-scale real estate and infrastructure destination anchored around technology, media, and mixed-use development.

Market observers say that the project is expected to unlock large-scale demand across industrial, commercial, residential and logistics real estate, while easing pressure on the city’s saturated IT hubs.

Where may Trump Media invest?

Earlier this month, Eric Swider, Director, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), at Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025 had announced that the firm intends to invest around Rs 1 lakh crore into Telangana Future City phased over a decade.

According to officials and industry experts, the proposed investment by Trump Media is expected to be spread across real estate, infrastructure, smart city systems, and media-technology development projects within the upcoming Future City over the next decade.

Though the details of sector specific investments are yet to be revealed, industry experts said that envisioned investments may include Grade-A commercial and office districts for media, technology, and digital services firms. TMTG is also likely to make investment in mixed-use developments combining offices, retail, hospitality, and residential components.

Apart from real estate, the Trump Media and Technology Group may also pour funds into digital and media infrastructure, including studios, data-driven facilities and related ecosystem assets, market observers said.

According to reports and analysts tracking the development, preliminary talks are underway for projects estimated at Rs 41,000 crore, which will be part of an overall Rs 1 lakh crore investment, to develop an international media hub alongside a smart-technology ecosystem. Formal agreements are yet to be made public in this connection.

The Trump brand is already present in India through four luxury real estate projects, Trump Towers in Mumbai, Pune, Gurugram and Kolkata, developed via brand-licensing partnerships.

Analysts say that the TMTG’s Telangana foray will mark a shift toward deeper, capital-intensive investments, including potential real estate, media, hospitality, and smart infrastructure initiatives within the upcoming Future City.

There was no immediate response from TMTG towards queries sent by Moneycontrol regarding investment plans in Future City. The copy will be updated after receiving a response.

What is Future City?

According to real estate observers in Hyderabad, the genesis of the project lies in the previous, K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Pharma City project, in the same area as the proposed Bharat Future City, near the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, around an hour from downtown Hyderabad.

With a change of guard in December 2023, when the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government took over, the project took a different direction. The new government decided to expand the scope of the 30,000-acre project into the Future City, which has now attracted the attention of entities such as the Trump Media and Technology Group.

Conceived as a large-scale, planned city focused on technology, manufacturing, sustainability and global investment, the project, also known as Bharat Future City, is expected to play a central role in Telangana’s long-term growth strategy.

Future City is planned along the Hyderabad–Bengaluru corridor across 765 square kilometers on the southern outskirts of Hyderabad between the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar highways. The project is being positioned as a self-sustaining urban cluster, integrating workplaces, housing, social infrastructure, and industrial activity within a single planning framework.

The government plans to back Future City with extensive infrastructure investment, including high-speed road connectivity to Hyderabad and the international airport followed by metro and rail linkages in later phases. It will have dedicated power, water, and waste-management systems along with digital infrastructure to support data-intensive industries.

The Future City is expected to anchor sectors such as semiconductors and electronics manufacturing, electric vehicles and advanced mobility, green energy, artificial intelligence, data centres, and life sciences.

According to government officials, the Future City project is intended to expand Hyderabad, like its earlier, successful HITEC City project in Gachibowli. The new project, much larger in size, is intended to create a new city like Hyderabad, but without traffic issues.

Investment size and timelines

While the state government has not yet issued a final investment figure, industry estimates suggest that Future City could attract investments of $20–30 billion (Rs 1.6–2.5 lakh crore) over a 20–25-year horizon, including public infrastructure, private industrial investment, and real estate development.

People aware of the development said that core infrastructure, industrial and technology zones, logistics parks, and initial residential clusters close to airport-linked corridors would come up in the first phase spanning five to seven years. Large Grade-A office districts; integrated townships, retail centres, hospitality, and social infrastructure is likely to be developed in the later phases.

Observers stated that like other modern-day greenfield cities in India, a large spend will be needed to develop basic infrastructure such as roads, water, electricity supply, and other allied measures, for which a spending of up to Rs 40,000 crore has been earmarked till 2030. However, a significant part of the earmarked land is yet to be acquired, with pockets of resistance among farmers and landowners also being reported.

They said that additional plans for the upcoming township include a world-class film city backed by actor Ajay Devgn, an animal rescue centre linked to Vantara, and hotel projects with an estimated investment of Rs 3,000 crore.

Real Estate boom

According to people familiar with the plans, the proposed Rs 1 lakh crore investment by Trump Media over the next decade is expected to anchor early momentum, particularly in commercial real estate, digital infrastructure, and mixed-use developments.

Market observers said that the proposed Future City is expected to generate demand across multiple property segments including residential, offices and IT sector, mixed-use, industrial and logistics, data centre, and retail.

Madhusudhan G, CMD, Sumadhura Group, said that for real estate, such comprehensive projects enhance investment viability.

He said that the proposed Future City is expected to create a pipeline for premium residential, commercial, and industrial developments that appeal to both domestic and international capital, while employment generation and economic clustering further underpin demand.

He said that Sumadhura Group has also committed Rs 600 crore investment in a 100-acre industrial and warehousing park in Telangana.

“Expected to generate over 8,000 jobs, our commitment aligns with the state’s sustainable growth strategy and strengthens the broader ecosystem that will make Bharat Future City a landmark for future-ready development in India,” he said.

Real estate experts said that Land prices in surrounding micro-markets have already begun attracting attention from developers and institutional investors, though large-scale launches are likely to be phased.

“Much like Gachibowli transformed Hyderabad two decades ago, Future City could emerge as the city’s next long-term real estate anchor—provided infrastructure delivery keeps pace with announcements,” a Hyderabad-based real estate consultant said.