Where to build a Technology and Software Global Capability Centre in India, what it runs, and what it costs.
Technology GCCs chase the deepest engineering pools and R&D density. Bengaluru leads on depth; Hyderabad and Pune offer scale at a better cost point; Coimbatore is a rising lower-cost engineering base.
| City | Why it fits |
|---|---|
| Bengaluru | The deepest software, R&D and deep-tech talent pool and the largest GCC cluster in the country. |
| Hyderabad | A strong GCC location for this sector. |
| Pune | The premier automotive and heavy-engineering domain pool alongside a large IT and GCC base. |
| Chennai | The automotive corridor (Hyundai, Renault-Nissan, Ford ecosystem) with strong BFSI, IT and SEZ supply. |
| Coimbatore | A dense base of engineering colleges and a strong manufacturing and textile economy now adding IT and R&D; Tamil Nadu's lead Tier-2 city. |
These centres typically run product engineering, cloud and DevOps, AI and ML, data platforms, and SRE.
India now hosts 2,117 GCCs across 3,728 units, employing 2.36 million professionals and generating $98.4 billion a year, with 2,500+ projected by 2030 (Source: NASSCOM Research, Zinnov and UnearthInsight).
A 50-person GCC in India typically costs $1.8M to $2.6M in Year 1 (entity, fit-out, IT, recruitment and Year 1 payroll). Use the free Pithonix simulator for a figure specific to your city, headcount and functions.
Technology GCCs chase the deepest engineering pools and R&D density. Bengaluru leads on depth; Hyderabad and Pune offer scale at a better cost point; Coimbatore is a rising lower-cost engineering base.
A Technology and Software GCC typically runs product engineering, cloud and DevOps, AI and ML, data platforms, and SRE.
A 50-person GCC in India typically costs $1.8M to $2.6M in Year 1 (entity, fit-out, IT, recruitment and Year 1 payroll). Use the free Pithonix simulator for a figure specific to your city, headcount and functions.
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