Vijayawada, July 23 -- Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT and Electronics Nara Lokesh has asserted that Visakhapatnam is going to change its shape with focus on IT, data centres and Global Capability Centers (GCCs).

The 9th SIPB (State Investment Promotion Board) meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today at the Amaravati Secretariat approved four major projects in the IT sector worth Rs 20,216 crore and for creating 50,600 jobs.

Visakhapatnam is set to emerge as an IT hub with the efforts of Minister Lokesh over the past year. Recently, during Minister Lokesh's visit to Bangalore, he signed agreements with two leading companies that will create 35,000 jobs. The two companies were given the green signal at t...