The week's two events split between a new AI engineering centre and an expansion in electronics distribution.
Bengaluru accounted for both events — Augury's new engineering hub and DigiKey's move to a larger office.
DigiKey moved its Bengaluru GCC into a larger office to make room for further hiring; the centre has grown from a five-person team in 2022 to about 300 staff in technology enablement and business operations.
Two large office leases landed this week: Blackstone's centre-of-excellence arm took about 4.5 lakh sq ft at Prestige Lakeshore Drive in Bengaluru on a five-year term, and BNP Paribas about 5 lakh sq ft at One Radial in Chennai on a ten-year term.
KLA has bought a 12-acre Chennai site for about Rs 1,020 crore for its R&D campus, part of up to $400 million planned over ten years for process-control software, metrology and high-performance computing. D. E. Shaw India plans a new Hyderabad office at Grava Business Park in Neopolis, expected to open in 2027, as it marks 30 years in the city.
Pune took four of the week's five events — two new centres and two expansions spanning manufacturing, technology and financial services.
Pune led with four events—thyssenkrupp Automotive Technology and Advanced Energy opened new GCCs, while Autodesk and Citi expanded existing centres.
Backbase announced an expansion of its Hyderabad development centre, adding 30,000 sq ft to host UX, full‑stack, data, SDET and AI engineers for banking AI products.
Citi's latest addition takes its Pune campus to about 1 million sq ft of office space, more than a decade after it opened in the city in 2012.
GitLab plans its first India office in Bengaluru, giving its remote-only India presence a physical base, with hiring across engineering, sales and administration.
Three new centres opened this week, two of them in Hyderabad, spanning logistics and financial services, alongside expansions in Bengaluru and Coimbatore.
Hyderabad led with two new centres — DoorDash's first India GCC in Hitec City, targeting 2,500 roles, and Billtrust's, backed by a Rs 450 crore three-year commitment.
Kuehne+Nagel opened a new tech centre in Chennai, establishing a digital logistics hub and launching its SALOG sea and air forwarding platform with Accenture support.
Target consolidated its Bengaluru operations into a single integrated campus, adding a 10-floor office that brings more than 5,700 existing staff across merchandising, supply chain, cybersecurity and digital technology onto one site.
Bengaluru took three of the week's five events — two new centres and one expansion — with the remainder split between Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Bengaluru led with three events — new centres from Imagine Learning and Mythic AI, plus Emerson's R&D expansion — spanning education technology, AI chips and industrial engineering.
Fuel Cycle is establishing a 50-person GCC in Vashi, Mumbai as a hub for engineering, AI and product development supporting its global product and data infrastructure.
AI work ran through four of the five events rather than sitting in one sector — Mythic AI's chip platform, Imagine Learning's education products, Fuel Cycle's product engineering and Emerson's AI-driven engineering tools.
Chennai has two signed intents in the pipeline. Starbucks has committed through a Tamil Nadu MoU to its first corporate technology hub outside the US, expected to create more than 800 technology roles, with Walgreens signing a comparable agreement three days earlier.
The week's activity came from energy, manufacturing and technology, with one centre landing outside the established metro hubs.
Bengaluru, Pune and Dehradun each drew a single centre — Woodside Energy, Hexadex and Digital Divide Data respectively.
Digital Divide Data's Dehradun centre has been operational since 1 August with 150 staff onboarded and is expected to scale to 800-1,000, handling multimodal data annotation, curation, model evaluation and fine-tuning for robotics and autonomous-driving systems.
Booking Holdings leased a further 111,525 sq ft at RMZ Ecoworld in Bellandur on a five-year term, taking its Bengaluru footprint to about 2.65 lakh sq ft.
All six events this week were expansions of existing India centres, with Bengaluru taking three and disclosed hiring plans adding about 180 roles.
Bengaluru led with three of the six expansions — Arctic Wolf, Tazapay and Riveron — spanning cybersecurity R&D, payments engineering and finance delivery.
Anaplan opened its largest global office in Gurugram, with capacity for 500 staff, supporting product roadmap, AI, go‑to‑market, support and HR functions.
Several centres grew sharply off small bases — SES's Chennai capability centre passed 600 staff after tripling in a year, while Arctic Wolf's Bengaluru headcount rose from 46 in 2024 to over 550.
Watch whether Bengaluru's run of expansions carries into the coming weeks. DataBahn has named Pune as its next India office, a second engineering base alongside its Chennai operation.
Pune led a light week with two technology centres, while Bengaluru added a single healthcare expansion.
Pune carried the week with both technology moves — Altimetrik's second Pune centre and Litmos's new engineering hub — extending the city's run as an engineering base.
Natus Sensory opened a Global Capability Centre in Bengaluru on 1 September, strengthening research, development and technology for its hearing, balance and vision screening products.
Best Buy moved the other way, appointing TCS to run its Bengaluru captive under a five-year engagement worth about ₹2,000 crore, with roughly 600 staff transferring to TCS management.
Watch whether Pune's engineering run continues after two technology centres this week. Infinx has begun work on a ₹170 crore campus in Visakhapatnam expected to create about 4,000 jobs.
Nine centres opened across five cities, with Hyderabad and Pune drawing three each, headlined by Octave's Hyderabad hub scaling to 2,000 engineers.
Hyderabad and Pune tied at three events each — Syneos Health, Octave and Blackbaud in Hyderabad; Leidos, SKF and Wacker in Pune — splitting the week between technology and industrial capability.
Bioforum announced a new Clinical Data Powerhouse in Bengaluru, creating a centralized hub for trial data processing and analytics to serve its global pharmaceutical partners.
Announcement-to-opening cycles are compressing — Prudential Financial's Gurugram innovation centre and Blackbaud's second Hyderabad office both opened within three weeks of being announced.
Watch whether Pune sustains its industrial run after drawing three centres this week. SonicWall plans to add 400 engineering roles at its Bengaluru R&D centre, spanning AI, cloud and cybersecurity research.
Eleven new centres and expansions landed across five cities, nine of them first-time builds, with disclosed hiring plans totalling about 3,400 roles.
Hyderabad carried the week with four of the eleven events — Charles Schwab, Proofpoint, Guidehouse and HSBC — while Bengaluru added three in Under Armour, Arrive and The Standard.
Charles Schwab opened a 345,000 sq ft technology capability centre in Hyderabad, targeting about 2,000 staff by 2027 to design and deliver technology for its US business and clients.
Professional-services firms moved in force — BDO's Chennai centre of excellence, Crowe's new Noida office and Guidehouse's fourth India site — carrying audit, tax and advisory delivery into India alongside the usual technology builds.
Two further India commitments surfaced this week ahead of opening: Warner Music Group will launch an international technology hub in Bengaluru in September, and Knight Frank is weighing its first India capability centre in Mumbai.
Hyderabad took three of the week's four centres, spanning cloud ERP engineering, agentic AI and — with Centrica — a rare energy-sector capability build.
Hyderabad carried the week with three of four events — Acumatica's new engineering centre, Centrica's Global Value Center and Workato's agentic AI facility — while Chennai drew Alight Solutions' third office.
Alight Solutions opened its third Chennai office at DLF Cyber City — a 30,000 sq ft facility with room for more than 400 technology and engineering professionals working on benefits administration for global clients.
Centrica entered through a build-operate-transfer partnership rather than building alone, running its Hyderabad Global Value Center with Cloudangles — a route that lets non-technology firms stand up capability without owning the setup.
Two further Hyderabad commitments surfaced this week ahead of opening: Amgen will add a Science & Innovation Center in Genome Valley, and Blackbaud is planning a second Financial District office as it grows its India team.
Hyderabad led the week with two GCC announcements, headlined by JLL's new centre scaling to 1,600 employees, while Bengaluru saw a single expansion.
Hyderabad carried the week with two of the three events — JLL's 120,000 sq ft shared-services centre and Truveta's new engineering hub — pairing real-estate services with health-data AI.
Sirva expanded its Bengaluru global capability centre into a new Prestige Shantiniketan office, boosting capacity to over 250 seats and supporting finance, procurement and technology functions.
Two GCC archetypes appeared side by side: back-office shared services in JLL's finance, HR and lease-administration centre, and product engineering in Truveta's data and AI hub for medical research.
Three global firms committed to new India centres this week without opening them yet. DePuy Synthes, the orthopaedics arm of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, is setting up in Bengaluru; Prudential Financial is standing up an AI and data-engineering hub in Gurugram; and Brink's is establishing a shared-services centre in Hyderabad.
Balanced GCC activity spanned manufacturing and healthcare, with two new centres and two expansions across Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Pune.
Hyderabad carried the week's largest single commitment — ArcelorMittal added 82,823 sq ft at Kalyani Trident, roughly doubling its GCC footprint there to about 165,000 sq ft.
Milacron inaugurated a new Global Capability Centre in Coimbatore, a 60-engineer hub driving product development, design and digital capabilities for its worldwide operations.
Every centre this week targets engineering and digital capability rather than back-office support — from cloud and enterprise software at Edwards Lifesciences to digital health technology at Care ADHD.
Watch whether Hyderabad's industrial cluster deepens further, after ArcelorMittal roughly doubled its footprint in the city this week. PUMA is setting up a Pune centre to build its direct-to-consumer engineering organisation.
Manufacturing‑industrial firms drove this week’s GCC activity, with two new centres launching in India to support AI, smart factories and digital engineering.
Hyderabad led the week with two manufacturing‑industrial new GCCs, Welspun and Aperam, together accounting for the majority of this week’s activity.
Alcon expands its Bengaluru shared-services hub with a second office, deepening support for eye-care product engineering, supply-chain coordination and client operations worldwide.
All three centres target high-end digital work rather than back-office support — AI and smart-factory engineering at Welspun, data analytics and process excellence at Aperam, and product engineering at Alcon.
Watch whether Hyderabad converts this week's two manufacturing launches into a wider industrial cluster, as global manufacturers increasingly site digital engineering capability in the city.
Hyderabad anchored the week with four of seven new centres and expansions, while financial services supplied the week's broadest push — Payoneer, IQ-EQ, Oaktree and WEX.
Hyderabad led with four of the seven events — expansions from TestingXperts, IQ-EQ and Oaktree Capital plus Otto Group's new centre — spanning technology, financial services and retail.
TestingXperts, already operating across India, expanded into Hyderabad with a 300-seat delivery centre — the first phase of a planned 2,500-seat campus focused on testing and QA services for GCCs.
Financial services carried the week's breadth — Payoneer's Gurugram innovation hub, IQ-EQ and Oaktree in Hyderabad, and WEX's new Bengaluru technology centre — four of seven events from BFSI firms.
Manufacturing drove the week — five of seven new India centres came from industrial firms, with Pune alone drawing three (Fluidra, Liebherr, Schmersal), as engineering, IoT and digital-production capability moves onshore.
Pune led the week with three of the seven new centres — Fluidra, Liebherr and Schmersal, all manufacturing & industrial — cementing its pull for engineering-heavy GCCs.
NTT DATA Business Solutions inaugurated a 300-seat Innovation Hub in Visakhapatnam (with Proven Tech), targeting 900 jobs across SAP, ServiceNow and AI services — the week's largest single commitment and a non-metro standout.
Activity spread well beyond the metros — Coimbatore (Ford), Visakhapatnam (NTT DATA) and Gurugram (Linde-Wiemann) each drew a centre — a sign industrial and IT GCCs are increasingly comfortable in emerging India hubs.
Two forward signals: ExxonMobil's India tech arm has signed a three-year Bengaluru lease for a new capability centre, and Nestlé has announced plans for a Hyderabad GCC — energy and FMCG majors both moving to build India capability.
ARKO opens a new Bengaluru GCC in an otherwise quiet week for new centres — but marquee intent ran deep: Merck is consolidating a 17,000 sq m Bengaluru campus, and Roche and HSBC are lining up major new India builds.
Bengaluru accounted for the entire week's confirmed activity — ARKO's new GCC alongside Merck's campus consolidation — underscoring the city's pull even in a light week for net-new centres.
ARKO Corp establishes its first India GCC in Bengaluru — a data, analytics, finance and business-operations hub centralising global support for its convenience-store and fuel-retail business.
Merck's move is the value-chain signal: an eight-year-old India IT centre consolidating into a single Electronic City campus and pivoting from baseline IT support to high-end AI, automation and data analytics — its largest global concentration of Digital Enterprise Solutions.
Two marquee forward builds to watch: Roche's second Digital Technology Hub in Hyderabad (AI, data, biostatistics for global pharma) and HSBC's 1.2 million sq ft integrated campus on Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road — regulated-industry majors scaling India as core capability ground.
Five firms set up new India centres this week across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune and Gurugram — spanning technology, financial and professional services — with Bengaluru drawing two.
Bengaluru again led the metros with two new centres this week, while Mumbai and Gurugram each drew their first of the week (BMS and Consilio), broadening activity beyond the Bengaluru–Pune corridor.
BMS establishes a Global Capability Centre in Mumbai to tap India's specialised talent and AI expertise, strengthening collaboration across its global operations.
Consilio's new Gurugram centre brings a legal / professional-services GCC to Delhi-NCR — a sign GCC demand now extends well beyond technology into specialised services.
GCC activity held steady with 4 new events across Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad, and 150 new jobs announced.
Bengaluru led the week, doubling its event count from 1 to 2 — N-able and Target Corporation. N-able's new cybersecurity GCC opened 100+ strong and is scaling 50%+ toward ~150 roles by end-2026.
N-able, Inc. establishes a Global Capability Centre in Bengaluru to support key functions including engineering, product management, user experience, and security operations.
Target Corporation deepened its Bengaluru commitment with a major office lease — the week's only Retail & Consumer move and a real-estate signal of sustained occupier demand, even as new-centre activity skewed to tech.
Four new Global Capability Centres established in India, marking a significant expansion of foreign investment in the sector.
Hyderabad continued to lead GCC activity with two new centres this week — Theom and Voya Financial — extending its run as India's most active hub.
Theom establishes its India operations with a new centre in Hyderabad, serving as a strategic hub for engineering, product innovation, and operational excellence.
Generac opened its first India GCC in Pune — a manufacturing & industrial entrant in a week otherwise dominated by BFSI and tech, underscoring Pune's pull for industrial GCCs beyond the BFSI cluster.
Watch Goodyear's Hyderabad plans — the tyremaker is in advanced talks with Tech Mahindra for an R&D and IT centre that could employ ~3,000, a strong candidate to graduate from the speculative pipeline into a confirmed GCC.
TMUS Global Solutions, the global technology arm of T-Mobile USA, inaugurates a 2.5 lakh sq ft Global Technology Centre in Hyderabad, with plans to scale to 1,000 employees by 2027.
Hyderabad's GCC activity surged 5x week-over-week, with 5 events this week compared to 1 last week.
CIBC establishes a Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad, expected to commence operations in July and create more than 2,000 skilled jobs across banking technology, analytics, and related domains.
Nationwide, a new entrant this week, launches a GCC in Hyderabad, building its India operations from the ground up as part of its 100th anniversary year.
Hyderabad is emerging as a BFSI GCC cluster — CIBC and Nationwide both launched this week, joining JPMorgan Chase, UBS, Wells Fargo, HSBC, American Express, and Barclays already operating in the city.
SBM Offshore expands its Bengaluru operations, adding 200 jobs to support global engineering, digital innovation, and project delivery.
Bengaluru saw a 50% week-over-week increase in GCC activity, with 3 events recorded this week compared to 2 last week.
SolarEdge Technologies establishes a new GCC in Bengaluru, marking its entry into India's technology hub.
Bengaluru and Hyderabad each welcomed a new GCC entrant this week — SolarEdge Technologies and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals respectively — signalling continued confidence in India's capability centre ecosystem.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals establishes its first GCC in Hyderabad, making India a new node in its global operations network.
Citizens Financial Group expands Hyderabad GCC with 1000 jobs
Bengaluru sees 100% week-over-week increase in GCC activity
Catalyst Brands expands Bengaluru GCC, adding 350 jobs for customer care and AI
New entrant Amtech Software establishes Bengaluru hub for global engineering and innovation
Track Hyderabad's growth as a GCC hub for AI and cloud innovation
The Executive Centre commits 465,000 sq ft across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai — 6,000+ premium flex workstations, GCC demand explicitly cited.
Hyderabad sees a significant increase of 3 events week-over-week, driven by new GCC announcements
Mizuho establishes a new Global Capability Centre in Pune, creating 1000 jobs and expanding technology footprint
New entrants Mizuho, Boston Scientific, and Stolt-Nielsen enter the market, indicating growing interest in India's GCC sector
Hyderabad's AI-native product engineering growth will be closely monitored next week for further expansion
Seven new GCCs established across India, with Bengaluru leading the charge.
Bengaluru's GCC activity surged 400% week-over-week, with four new GCCs announced.
Accenture established a new Global Capability Centre in Baner, Pune, to support operations and create employment opportunities.
No activity was reported in Chennai, Gurugram, Mumbai, and Visakhapatnam, potentially indicating a shift in GCC activity towards southern cities.
Next week's GCC activity may be influenced by the recent establishment of new GCCs in Bengaluru, potentially leading to increased job announcements in the city.
GCC sector sees moderate activity with 2 events and 80 jobs announced in Chennai and Hyderabad.
Hyderabad experienced a 100% week-over-week decline in events, from 1 to 0.
Illumia, a new entrant, established a new office in Chennai for its Global Capability Center, expanding in cloud engineering, information security, and product engineering.
Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, and Pune saw no activity this week, a notable gap in the sector's usual hotspots.
Next week's activity may be influenced by the trend of Financial Services (BFSI / Fintech) and Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors, which have been consistently active over the past 90 days.
GCC sector sees significant expansion with 5 new events and 3,350 jobs announced this week.
Hyderabad leads the week-over-week change with a 300% increase in events, from 1 to 3.
Vanguard establishes a key global hub in Hyderabad, expanding its workforce to 2,400 employees by 2029.
New entrants this week include AMS, Progress Software, Protolabs, and Vanguard, indicating a shift in sector interest.
Monitor the expansion of Vanguard's Hyderabad hub and its potential impact on the local job market.
Hyderabad has emerged as the top city for GCC activity in India, accounting for 44% of total events over the last 90 days.
Technology & Software sector dominates GCC activity in India, with 41% of total events driven by this sector over the last 90 days.
Global Capability Expansion remains the primary strategic intent for GCCs in India, with 62% of total events driven by this intent over the last 90 days.
Bengaluru and Chennai have seen a significant decline in GCC activity over the last 90 days, with a combined 24% decrease in events compared to the previous period.
Hyderabad has emerged as the top city for GCC activity in India, accounting for 43.9% of total events over the last 90 days.
Technology & Software and Financial Services (BFSI / Fintech) sectors have driven GCC growth in India, together accounting for 20 events over the last 90 days.
Global Capability Expansion remains the dominant strategic intent for GCCs in India, with 59.6% of total strategic intents over the last 90 days.
Bengaluru and Chennai have seen a significant decline in GCC activity over the last 90 days, with a combined 19 events, down from 34 events in the previous 90-day period.
Hyderabad has emerged as the top city for GCC activity in India, accounting for 35% of total events over the past 365 days.
Technology & Software sector dominates GCC activity in India, with 24% of total events driven by this sector over the past 365 days.
Global Capability Expansion remains the primary strategic intent for GCCs in India, with 55% of total strategic intents focused on this area over the past 365 days.
Bengaluru and Hyderabad together account for 77% of total GCC jobs announced in India over the past 365 days, indicating a strong talent pool in these cities.