IBM partners with Sheltrex to build smart homes

IBM has announced a technology partnership with Sheltrex Developers to establish unified city operations to support a new smart housing development in the heart of Oragadam, the fastest growing suburb of Chennai. With most of the top automobile companies having set up operations in Oragadam, it is famously referred to as the Detroit of India.
Spread over 26.6 acres, Sheltrex’s Oragadam project, will buildsmart and cost effective homes targeted at people working in this industrial hub. The project is strategically located at the State Highway 57 (SH-57), which is just off Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road in close vicinity to the Automotive Corridor of Southern India, Oragadam and Maraimalai Nagar.
Commenting on this, Goutham Pulimi, CEO, Sheltrex Developers said, “The objective of the IBM partnership for Sheltrex is twofold, one to enrich the daily lives of the residents, and second, for better township management in the long-term.”

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