Tata Group seeks additional 80 acres in Gujarat for Dholera chip plant expansion: Report

Tata Group is seeking additional 80 acres of land for expansion of its mega semiconductor chip plant coming up in Gujarat’s Dholera, a Business Standard report said on Wednesday. Previously, the Gujarat government had allocated 20-acre parcel to the Tata Group.

The current demand will be in continuation of that, the BS report added. Tata Electronics will use the additional land for building housing facilities for nearly 4,000 employees, the report added. These housing facilities will include studio apartments, shopping complex, sports arena and other amenities will also be added, the BS report said citing sources.

Apart from the 100 acres of land, the Gujarat government has promised to give 63 acres of land parcel to Tata Electronics for expansion in Dholera, as per the requirement.

The Dholera semiconductor plant is India's first chip fabrication unit which was approved the Centre in February last year. The Dholera plant is part of Centre's India Semiconductor Mission. The semiconductor chip plant is likely to commence work by 2027, the BS report added.

Tata Group is setting up the Dholera chip fabrication unit at the cost of over Rs 91,000 crore. While the value of the land is somewhere around Rs 200 crore, the company will spend Rs 15,710 crore for the plant and other facilities.