Hyderabad’s GCC Ecosystem Expands as AI Engineering Demand Surges

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Hyderabad is rapidly emerging as one of India’s fastest-growing Global Capability Centre (GCC) and artificial intelligence (AI) hubs, driven by rising enterprise investments, expanding technology infrastructure, and increasing demand for AI-led engineering services, according to AI-powered quality engineering company QualiZeal.

The company said it has expanded its Hyderabad presence to three Global Capability Centres (GCCs) with a workforce of more than 850 engineers, while recording a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71% since 2021.

QualiZeal stated that Hyderabad currently hosts more than 400 GCCs employing over 300,000 professionals, supported by a technology workforce of nearly one million IT and IT-enabled services employees.

The announcement comes amid growing evidence that Hyderabad is increasingly challenging Bengaluru’s long-standing dominance in India’s GCC landscape. Recent industry reports and government statements suggest the Telangana capital is attracting a larger share of new GCC expansions, particularly across AI, engineering research and development (ER&D), cloud, semiconductor,...

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