Hyderabad pushes GCC pitch

Hyderabad is pitching itself as a base for Global Capability Centres, with Telangana ministers saying companies are choosing the city for office capacity, transport links and lower congestion. (thehansindia.com) A Global Capability Centre is a company’s offshore hub for work like engineering, finance, data and operations. Telangana Information Technology Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu said on April 11 that global financial institutions and technology firms are expanding these centres in Hyderabad. (thehindu.com) The state is tying that pitch to scale. Telangana’s information technology and information technology-enabled services exports rose 12.98% to ₹2.68 lakh crore in 2023-24, up from ₹2.37 lakh crore a year earlier, according to the state’s industry reporting. (deccanchronicle.com) Officials are also leaning on real estate data. Sridhar Babu said Hyderabad’s office space occupancy stands at 73%, compared with 52% in Mumbai, as he argued that companies are moving work from more congested metros. (thehansindia.com) Private market reports show why that argument is landing with employers. Cushman & Wakefield said Hyderabad led India in new office completions in the fourth quarter of 2025, accounting for 36% of the national total, while net absorption was driven by Global Capability Centres and other large occupiers. (cushmanwakefield.com) The infrastructure case goes beyond office towers. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport handled more than 25 million passengers in financial year 2024, up 19% from 21 million a year earlier, giving Hyderabad another selling point for companies moving regional teams and clients. (thehindu.com) The state is also using investment announcements to signal momentum. Reporting tied to Hyderabad’s April 13 promotion push said Telangana had cited more than $4.37 billion in commitments from early 2024 Davos meetings, including a $1.93 billion Microsoft data-centre investment and Google’s planned 3.3 million-square-foot campus in the Financial District. (theprint.in) That figure sits alongside a newer, larger Davos tally. In January 2025, the Telangana government said it signed memorandums of understanding worth about ₹1.79 lakh crore at the World Economic Forum, with many proposals tied to data centres and other large projects. (business-standard.com) Hyderabad is not selling itself only on wages. The state’s own Global Capability Centre playbook with Nasscom frames the offer around talent, infrastructure, policy support and the ability to scale operations in one market. (gccrise.com) The immediate test is whether those pitches turn into more signed leases, hiring plans and operating centres. For now, Hyderabad’s message is that it wants enterprise functions that used to default to Bengaluru or Mumbai — and it wants them for the long haul. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)