The projects that turn Dholera from a plan into a place.
A city is only as real as the money that has actually been committed to it, so this page starts with the projects that are confirmed and under construction, then moves down to the ones that exist only as an announcement or a memorandum of understanding. An MoU is a written statement of intent between two parties. It is not a contract and it does not oblige anyone to build anything.
Confirmed anchors
Tata Electronics + PSMC fab durable
India's first major commercial 300mm semiconductor fab. Rs 91,000 cr (~US$11B), up to 50,000 wafers/month, mature nodes 28 to 110 nm. Cabinet approved 29 Feb 2024, under construction, first mature-node trial silicon targeted late 2026.
Tata Power solar durable
300 MW commissioned and operational at the Dholera solar park, part of 1,000 MW sanctioned Phase-I, with a 5 GW ultimate target.
ASML partnership durable
Tata Electronics and ASML, a global lithography leader, announced a strategic partnership to enable the ramp of the 300mm Dholera fab.
Tata Chemicals reported
Named industrial anchor investor for Dholera's allotted industrial land. Of 545 acres allotted, 476 are industrial.
Reported & announced
Everything below has been announced publicly, usually with a large rupee figure attached. None of it is confirmed as money spent or steel in the ground. Read these as intentions, and notice how often the announced figure is the only thing anybody can cite.
The industries Dholera is built for.
Two of these six sectors have a real company building something real, and the other four are sectors the government has invited investment into. The labels tell you which is which. Proven means there is a named anchor project with a source behind it. Priority means it is an official target with no committed anchor yet.
Semiconductors & electronics
ProvenThe flagship sector. Anchored by the Tata + PSMC fab (Rs 91,000 cr), which pulls in a packaging, materials and supplier ecosystem.
Solar & renewable energy
ProvenAbout 300 MW of Tata Power solar operational, 1,000 MW sanctioned, 5 GW target. Clean power that also feeds the industrial base.
Data centres
EmergingNew under the state Data Centre Policy (Dholera named primary). L&T-Vyoma agreement confirmed; water and grid are the honest constraints.
Logistics & trade
EmergingFlagship DMIC node with the expressway open, airport near, rail cleared and a coastal location. A dedicated Logistics zone is in the plan.
Defence, aviation & heavy engineering
PriorityOfficial priority sectors suited to the airport and large contiguous land parcels. Committed anchors are still emerging.
Auto, manufacturing & metals
PriorityOfficial target sectors on Gujarat's manufacturing base and plug-and-play plots. Invited opportunity zones.
Industrial clusters and the workforce plan.
What industries or sectors will Dholera have?
The official planned sectors are Defence, Aviation, Electronics and Semiconductors, High-Tech and Emerging, Pharma and Biotech, Heavy Engineering, Auto and Auto Ancillary, General Manufacturing, Agro and Food Processing, and Metals, plus renewables. DURABLE Total industrial area is about 11,000 hectares.
How many jobs will Dholera create?
Dholera's official target is more than 8,00,000 (800,000) jobs at full development, stated on the Gujarat government site. TARGET This is a full-build target, not current employment.
The plan breaks it down as about 312,900 direct industrial jobs plus about 483,630 indirect, by sector: Electronics and Emerging Tech 87,300; Pharma and Bio 49,100; Heavy Engineering 45,100; Auto and Ancillary 43,900; General Manufacturing 42,400; Agro and Food 27,500; IT/ITES 6,200. TARGET
How much has been invested in Dholera?
Use the grounded figure: over Rs 1.5 lakh crore of confirmed private investment across the wider Dholera/NICDC pipeline, with named anchors like the Tata fab (Rs 91,000 cr), NX Logistics (~Rs 86 cr) and Toyota (>Rs 1,700 cr across nodes). REPORTED Say Dholera/NICDC pipeline, not Dholera alone, since it may blend nodes.
For the Activation Area specifically, the government released Rs 2,784.83 cr in five infrastructure packages with matching equity, and transferred 48.31 sq km to DICDL. REPORTED The older broker headline of about Rs 2.5 lakh cr is retired as unverified.
Dholera next to India's other planned cities.
People compare Dholera to GIFT City, Amaravati and Naya Raipur without noticing that the four were built for entirely different reasons. This table sets out what each one is actually for, so the comparison stops being apples and oranges. It does not rank them.
| Dholera SIR | GIFT City | Amaravati | Naya Raipur | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Industrial / manufacturing smart city | Finance / IFSC hub | State administrative capital | State administrative capital |
| Location | Ahmedabad district coast, ~100 km SW | Gandhinagar, ~12 km from Ahmedabad airport | Krishna riverfront, Andhra Pradesh | Near Raipur, Chhattisgarh |
| Scale | ~920 sq km planned (~422 urban) | 359 ha (886 acres) | ~217 sq km core | Administrative footprint |
| Driver | DMIC, semiconductors, solar, logistics | Banking, capital markets, fintech, bullion | Government administration | Government administration |
| Status 2026 | Anchors building (fab, solar, expressway) | Operational | Rebuilding after delays | Built infra, low organic activity |
Developers active around Dholera SIR.
This list exists so you can look a company up before you talk to it, and for no other reason. It is a dated snapshot of about 60 developers taken from public listings and Google Maps. Appearing here is not a recommendation, the ratings were captured on one day and will have moved since, and nobody here is ranked or vouched for.
About 109 named projects, searchable.
These names come from what developers themselves have published, captured on one date. This is not a live feed from the regulator, so treat it as a starting point for your own checks. We deliberately strip out plot prices and any promise of guaranteed returns before listing a project, because neither belongs on a reference page. Look up the GUJRERA number, the title and the full all-in price for any project that interests you.