Chennai: A memorandum of understanding was signed in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay to establish a global capability center in Chennai, enabling the U.S.-based Starbucks Coffee company to provide high-paying jobs to 800 technology professionals.
In a press release issued by the Tamil Nadu government regarding this, it said: ‘In the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay, at the Secretariat today (21.9.2026), at an event held by the Department of Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Tamil Nadu government’s Guidance agency for the establishment of a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Chennai by the US-headquartered Starbucks Coffee Company, in a move that will provide high-paying jobs to 800 technical professionals.
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee company headquartered in the United States, has proposed setting up a global capability center in Chennai, offering high-paying jobs to 800 technology professionals. For the first time in India, the company has proposed establishing its global capability center in Tamil Nadu. In India, it will operate independently from Tata Consumer Products, its retail joint venture company.
This memorandum of understanding further strengthens the Tamil Nadu government's policy of creating high-paying employment opportunities in the global capability center sector, and Starbucks Coffee Company's joining Tamil Nadu's global capability center growth journey highlights the state's emergence as a global technology and business services hub.
During this memorandum of understanding, Anand Varadarajan, Chief Technology Officer of Starbucks Coffee Company, said that we consider India a very important country, and that with a large number of skilled technology professionals in Chennai, the fact that these professionals stay with the companies they join for a long time, along with the excellent infrastructure in Tamil Nadu and the encouragement provided by the Tamil Nadu government, will help in finding new solutions and growing the business.
After signing this memorandum of understanding, Chief Minister Vijay said that it gives us great pleasure that Starbucks Coffee Company is establishing its global center in Chennai, and that the trust such a world-renowned major company has placed in our state is a testament to the talent of our youth, and that this investment will prove that Tamil Nadu is an excellent place for such leading companies to come.
He also conveyed his best wishes on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government for this journey with Starbucks Coffee Company to continue successfully for a long time, while also creating many new job opportunities for the talented youth of Tamil Nadu.
It has been reported that Industry Minister Keerthana, Chief Secretary Sai Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of the Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce Department Vijayakumar, Guidance Corporation Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Deepak Jacob, and Starbucks Coffee Company Chief Technology Officer Anand Varadarajan, among others, attended the event.
