US and European groups opened or announced GCCs in 2024–2026
The table lists selected announcements reported by the companies, state governments or the press. They are public examples, not a complete record. Headcounts are company plans, not commitments.
| Company | Home country | What | Where | Value or size | Date | Source |
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| AstraZeneca | UK–Sweden | Expansion of its GCC, which the company describes as its largest such centre worldwide | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Not disclosed | July 2024 | Business Standard, 14 Jul 2024 |
| Lonza | Switzerland | Plans for a new global capability centre, announced by the Swiss contract development and manufacturing group | Hyderabad, Telangana | Not disclosed | 5 Mar 2026 | BusinessToday, 5 Mar 2026 |
| T-Mobile | US | Technology centre (GCC) for software engineering, DevOps, product development, data analytics and cybersecurity; inaugurated June 2026 | Hyderabad, Telangana | 250,000 sq ft; about 1,000 staff by 2027 | Jun 2026 | Republic World and IndexBox, 4 Jun 2026 |
| JLL | US | Second JLL Business Services hub in India, after Gurugram: 120,000 sq ft | Hyderabad, Telangana | Workforce to scale to 1,600 | 6 Aug 2026 | Business Standard, 6 Aug 2026 |
| Billtrust | US | Global capability centre of a B2B financial technology company | Hyderabad, Telangana | ₹450 crore over three years | 28 Sep 2026 | UNI, 28 Sep 2026 (secondary; retrieved 1 Oct 2026) |
Other companies named in the sources
| Company | Context | Source |
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| Hyatt International | Not an investment: the Supreme Court’s 25 July 2025 ruling found a fixed place PE under Article 5(1) of the treaty where the foreign group controlled Indian operations. See tax and zones. | EY alert on Hyatt International, Jul 2025 (secondary) |
| Tiger Global | Not an investment: the Supreme Court denied India–Mauritius treaty benefit under GAAR for an indirect share transfer (January 2026). | KPMG TaxNewsFlash, 20 Jan 2026; Khaitan & Co, 16 Jan 2026 |
Reading the pattern
- Four of the five recent announcements are in Hyderabad and one in Chennai. The state-level support behind these cities is on the state incentives page; Telangana is not among the six states whose GCC policies the sources summarise.
- The examples span life sciences (AstraZeneca, Lonza), telecoms technology (T-Mobile), real-estate business services (JLL) and financial technology (Billtrust), matching the “six kinds of capability” on the overview.
- Business Standard counted over 50,000 GCC jobs in Tamil Nadu from more than 40 global companies in the three years to July 2024.
What to check next
- Treat announced headcounts and floor areas as plans; check the company’s own filings or releases for current figures.
- Compare the Hyderabad and Chennai examples with the state packages on the state incentives page and the GCC locations page.
- Note the dates: three of the five announcements fall within 2026, after the Labour Codes, DPDP Rules and the 1 February 2026 safe harbour change.
