Technology services firm Tata Consultancy Services has expanded its business operations in Austin, Texas with the construction of a new facility. It has doubled its presence to over 400 professionals in the city and added to its employee count of over 5,500 across the state.
The new TCS NSE -0.94 % Austin office adds to existing offices in Dallas, Houston, and Plano and more than 30 TCS locations around the US. TCS has hired more than 200 employees locally in Austin since 2019, of which over 50 are graduates from the University of Texas at Austin, Houston and Dallas, and other universities.
The company said that the new hires were working in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, enterprise software and technology operations. By 2022, TCS said it will hire an additional 130 new employees in Austin, adding to the plans to hire 1,000 new employees across Texas.
“This investment is a testament to Texas’ growing status as a booming technology hub, and we are proud that TCS continues to expand across our state,” said Governor Greg Abbott. I thank TCS for investing in Texas and for bringing more jobs to the Austin area, and I look forward to working with them to grow this already strong partnership.”
Over the next seven years, the company said it will invest more than $100 million in Austin.
Surya Kant, Chairman of North America, TCS. said, “The new facility in Austin is part of our initiative to expand our local presence and drive our customers’ digital transformation journeys.”
Sourced from The Economic Times