GlobalLogic Strengthens Southern India Presence with Expanded Chennai Facility
Chennai: GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company and leader in digital engineering, has inaugurated a new office in Chennai, further expanding its footprint in India. The move is aimed at deepening partnerships with Global Capability Centers (GCCs) and enhancing collaboration with global telecom clients.
Strategically located in RMZ Milenia Business Park, Perungudi—one of Chennai’s premier IT corridors—the new facility is designed to accommodate 500 professionals. It is complemented by an additional 300-seat center in Guindy, established through GlobalLogic’s integration with Mobiveil, acquired in December 2023. Together, these centers will accelerate delivery timelines and scale AI-first engineering capabilities.
With over 800 employees currently based in Chennai, GlobalLogic plans to increase its local workforce by 20% by the end of 2025, bringing the headcount to over 1,000. This expansion aligns with the company’s broader goal of building a 20,000-strong workforce in India and reaching a global headcount of 35,000.
The inauguration ceremony was graced by Palanivel Thiagarajan, Minister of Information Technology and Digital Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, and Bhaskar Kumar Verma, Regional Director, South at NASSCOM. Their presence highlighted Tamil Nadu’s emergence as a digital innovation hub and the government’s commitment to fostering technology-led socio-economic growth.
Chennai’s reputation as a center for R&D and its pool of skilled professionals in networking, telecom, and IT make it a strategic choice for GlobalLogic. The city’s proximity to GCCs enables faster collaboration and delivery for the company’s Fortune 500 clients through specialized teams.
Speaking at the event, Piyush Jha, Group Vice President and Managing Director, APAC, GlobalLogic, said, “India continues to be the cornerstone of our global innovation strategy. As we scale toward a 20,000-strong workforce in the country, Chennai will play a critical role in helping us deliver AI-first, cloud-native, and telecom-grade solutions at scale. Today, GCCs are innovation powerhouses, building mission-critical platforms and embedding AI into the core of global businesses. This new facility brings us closer to our clients and GCC partners, in line with our ‘zero distance to clients’ approach. It enables real-time co-creation, accelerates outcomes, and helps shape the future of connected experiences.”
Vikram Puranik, Senior Vice President, Communications, Consumer & Media, GlobalLogic, added, “With Chennai as a focal point, we’re investing in leadership, domain expertise, and advanced engineering to solve some of the most complex challenges in telecom—from 5G monetization and intelligent networks to AI-driven customer experience. Through our VelocityAI platform, we are not just enabling transformation, we are engineering tomorrow.”
The Chennai office will focus on hiring subject matter experts in telecom and media, along with AI-first engineers across software development, testing, embedded systems, DevOps/MLOps, and data analytics. These capabilities will enhance GlobalLogic’s ability to build and scale sophisticated platforms for telecom service providers and infrastructure leaders worldwide.
