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- Starbucks selected Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as the location for its first Global Capability Center (GCC) in India.
- Anand Varadarajan, Starbucks Coffee's Chief Technology Officer, identified the availability of skilled talent and lower attrition rates as key reasons behind the Chennai decision.
Why it matters: Chennai now anchors Starbucks' inaugural India GCC, and the CTO's framing makes the rationale explicit: workforce stability, not just cost, drove the site choice. The decision hands Tamil Nadu a marquee tech-hiring tenant in a market where GCC expansion is increasingly competitive.
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