International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer services company, said on Tuesday it had launched a new centre in India to meet robust global demand for outsourcing.
The facility in Noida, will provide application services to IBM's global clients, the company said in a statement.
The US giant will open another centre in the vicinity that will be fully operational by mid-year, it said. The two centres will house about 3,000 employees.
In June 2006, IBM said it would invest $6 billion in India over three years, underscoring Asia's third-largest economy's growing importance as a hub for information technology outsourcing and research services.
India's low-cost, English-speaking engineering workforce has attracted a slew of global companies such as IBM and Accenture, which outsources services such as supply-chain management, payroll processing and financial analytics.