Overview

• Chief Minister K. Siddaramaiah inaugurated the €194 million, 41-acre India Innovation Park in Devanahalli, marking SAP Labs India’s second-largest R&D hub outside Germany.
• Phase one on 27 acres is operational with 3,200 employees onboard and expected to host 4,500 within months as part of a 15,000-seat master plan.
• Phase two has been approved, with construction set to finish by the second or third quarter of 2028.
• Government and SAP signed MoUs with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and the Technical University of Munich to boost deep-tech skills and industry-academia collaboration.
• State planners are fast-tracking airport metro and suburban rail links to integrate the new park and support Karnataka’s shift from an IT leader to a global AI and quantum computing centre.