Infosys, India’s leading software company, is all set to beat the 96-metre tall Big Ben, the iconic free-standing clock tower in London, with a 135m structure. The proposed clock tower, which will be built in the Infosys Global Education Center in Mysore, close to the country’s tech capital Bangalore, will also rival the Hoover Tower (87m) in California and the McGraw Tower (53m) in Cornell.

The Infosys’ Mysuru campus which is considered a mini city in itself is spread over 350 acres, with 12 million sq ft built-up area and the capacity to host more than 15,000 trainees (residing on campus), 8,000 plus employees and several thousand contract workers. It is also the IT major’s largest development centre cum training campus in the world.

The $8.83 million project will be an amalgamation of both Gothic and classic styles. The time piece in it will be a digital one. The tower will have 19 floors, with a board room at level seven. It will be erected from a 22 x 22 metre base.

The tower is designed by one of India’s most famous architects Hafeez Contractor, who also designed Infosys’ Mysuru campus with structural engineering consultancy provided by New York-based firm LERA and built by Bengaluru-based KEF Infra.