Business news · AI & Tech · 05 Oct 2026
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Three of India's largest IT services companies have taken over global capability centres (GCCs), the in-house technology units that multinationals run in India, this year. TCS took on Best Buy's India centre for about Rs 2,000 crore, Wipro bought Mindsprint from Olam Group, and HCLTech absorbed Guardian Life's captive centre. India has more than 1,700 GCCs employing 1.9 million people; research cited in the report says about 30% of those set up since 2021, roughly 150 centres, have stopped growing.
The finance angle is revenue that is bought and locked in. Wipro's Mindsprint deal is put at about USD 1 billion (Rs 9,625 crore) of revenue over eight years; TCS paid about Rs 2,000 crore for Best Buy's centre. These takeovers come with service contracts of five to eight years, at a time when AI is pushing down prices on traditional outsourcing work and organic growth is weak. For the sellers, a fixed cost becomes a predictable service fee. For readers of quarterly results, it means reported growth at TCS, Wipro and HCLTech now includes acquired revenue, and the organic figure needs to be read separately.
Reported by Lapaas Voice — “Indian IT Firms Acquire GCCs as Organic Growth Slows” ↗ on 05 Oct 2026.
NSE stocks, from the last close on or before 05 Oct 2026 to the close on 16 Oct 2026.
| Sector | Stocks | Median move | Up | vs all stocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 40 | +6.4% | 32 of 40 | +6.7 pts |
| All tracked stocks | 804 | -0.3% | 374 of 804 | — |
| Company | Then | Now | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCL Technologies Ltd. HCLTECH | ₹1,201.9 | ₹1,380 | +14.8% |
| Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. TCS | ₹2,114.4 | ₹2,465 | +16.6% |
| Wipro Ltd. WIPRO | ₹162.14 | ₹184.4 | +13.7% |
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