Amara Raja Inaugrates Customer Qualification Plant at Telangana Giga Corridor

Amara Raja Advanced Cell Technologies has inaugrated its Customer Qualification Plant at the company's Giga Corridor in Telangana. The facility represents a 500 crore rupee capital investment and functions as part of a broader 9,500 crore rupee, 16 gigawatt-hour factory development program.

The new facility is designed with an initial capacity of 60 MWh and will employ more than 100 people. Operating as an intermediate phase between laboratory research and high-volume commercial production, the plant will manufacture lithium-ion cells in both cylindrical and prismatic formats across multiple chemistries. This reconfigurable infrastructure allows original equipment manufacturers to test, validate, and approve sample cells under manufacturing conditions that mirror future commercial operations before high-volume production lines are established.

The plant forms a primary component of Amara Raja's cumulative Phase 1 capital outlay, which exceeds 1,500 crore rupees within the regional corridor. Initial cell batches from the facility are scheduled for distribution to automotive and industrial clients for formal validation beginning in August 2026. The operational learning curve from this unit is intended to support the transition to the firm's first 2 gigawatt-hour commercial cell manufacturing site, designated as Giga 1, which is on track to begin production next year.

Jayadev Galla, Co-founder and Chairman of Amara Raja, stated that the technical capabilities developed at the plant are geared toward building a domestic battery ecosystem amid shifting international energy supply lines.