Foxconn to invest ₹15,000 cr in Tamil Nadu, create 14,000 engineering jobs

Foxconn's new ₹15,000 crore investment in Tamil Nadu will focus on AI, value-added manufacturing, and R&D, creating 14,000 high-value engineering jobs across locations

Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, is set to invest around ₹15,000 crore in Tamil Nadu, helping create 14,000 high-value engineering jobs as part of its next phase of expansion in the state, state Industries Minister T R B Rajaa announced on Monday. The new investment — among the Taiwanese major’s largest commitments in India in recent years —

 

will focus on artificial intelligence-led advanced technology operations, value-added manufacturing, and research and development integration.

 

According to an official, the investment will be spread across multiple locations.

 

A delegation of top Foxconn executives met Chief Minister M K Stalin in Chennai on Monday, where the firm also announced the establishment of India’s first-ever “Foxconn Desk” at Guidance Tamil Nadu, the state’s investment promotion agency. 

 

 

The new desk will serve as a dedicated coordination and facilitation platform to accelerate project implementation and deepen engagement between the company and the state government.

 

“This marks another milestone in our journey to make Tamil Nadu the manufacturing and innovation hub of South Asia,” said Stalin.

 

Calling it the largest-ever creation of engineering jobs in Tamil Nadu, Rajaa posted on X, “Foxconn commits ₹15,000 crore in investments and 14,000 high value jobs! Engineers get ready!” Foxconn, best known globally as the manufacturer of Apple’s iPhones, also counts Google, Sony, Amazon, Dell, Microsoft, Cisco, and Intel among its major clients.

 

Robert Wu, Foxconn’s India representative and senior global executive, lauded the state’s infrastructure readiness and ease of doing business reforms, describing Tamil Nadu as a “preferred destination” for Foxconn’s next phase of growth in India, especially in emerging sectors such as battery technologies and AI-driven manufacturing systems. "Foxconn's newly appointed India Representative, Robert Wu, had an exchange with Tamil Nadu CMO and his team. During the meeting, no new investments were discussed," a Foxconn statement said on Tuesday morning. 

 

Foxconn’s latest announcement adds to a string of major investments across India. The group’s joint venture with HCL in Uttar Pradesh aims to establish a semiconductor outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) unit, expected to become operational by 2027. Earlier this year, its Singapore-based subsidiary Yuzhan Technology (India) received approval from Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs for a new project. In Karnataka, Foxconn began producing the iPhone 17 at its new Devanahalli facility, where it is making a ₹22,000 crore investment, earlier this financial year.

 

Rajaa highlighted that the creation of the Foxconn Desk marks a first for India and “will ensure seamless facilitation and mission-mode execution”.

 

The Tamil Nadu government described the meeting between Stalin and Foxconn executives as a “new milestone” in the company’s strategic engagement with the state, reaffirming its position as a global hub for high-value manufacturing, exports, and engineering innovation. The investment, it said, reflects Foxconn’s growing shift towards R&D-driven, technology-intensive operations, and its long-term confidence in Tamil Nadu’s industrial ecosystem.

 

Stalin welcomed Foxconn’s continued expansion and assured full state support through the industries department’s single-window facilitation system, talent development partnerships, and executive coordination through the new Foxconn Desk. He reiterated the government’s vision of positioning Tamil Nadu as a global electronics and advanced manufacturing powerhouse, integrated deeply into international value chains.