Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will set up a Rs 400 crore software development facility in Andhra Pradesh, for which it has signed an agreement with the state government.

The facility will be set up as part of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC)'s SEZ project, with a seating capacity of 15,000.

The MoU was signed by the state's Information Technology and Communications Secretary Shailendra Kumar Joshi and TCS's regional head (Hyderabad) V Rajanna in the presence of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.

According to S Mahalingam, chief financial officer, TCS, "The state government will help facilitate acquisition of land besides providing infrastructural support through APIIC and single window clearance for quick, easy and efficient implementation of the project."