All eyes on Mississauga as global tech companies continue to invest in the city

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Published: October 21, 2021 12:15 pm EDT | Updated: 15 hours ago

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 21, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Mississauga is attracting global attention in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry with a growing number of international investments including Cognizant, HCL Technologies and Infosys.

“Mississauga sits at the center of North America’s second largest technology cluster and the Toronto-Waterloo technology corridor, and has become a leading Canadian city for innovative, technologically driven companies to call home,” said Mayor Bonnie Crombie. “Technology companies are attracted to Mississauga for its location, large talent pool and educated and diverse workforce. We are very pleased to see investments from Cognizant, HCL Technologies and Infosys bringing hundreds of jobs together. to refresher opportunities for our local workforce “.

Recent investments and expansions in Mississauga in the ICT sector include:

Cognizant the first technology leader to invest in Mississauga; opening a 50,000-square-foot regional technology and service delivery center in 2018 that includes training rooms, a digital lab and co-innovation space for customers and has continued to expand ever since.

“Mississauga is a major hub for Cognizant’s Canadian operations and we are proud to be a longtime member of the community,” said Jay MacIsaac, Country Head Global Delivery Centers and Atlantic Canada Regional Leader, Cognizant. “This is a vibrant market with the best of technology talent and academic institutions, as well as being home to many of our large customers in the banking, insurance and retail sectors. Since opening our delivery center, we have continued to expand, occupying nearly 100,000 sq. ft. of office space and creating well beyond our initial goal of 600 local jobs. We plan to employ around 1,000 people locally over the next two years. “

HCL Technologies opened a new state-of-the-art 350-seat global delivery center in Mississauga earlier this year. This is one of the largest centers for HCL in Canada, hosting co-innovation labs to enable customers to conceive, collaborate, develop and deliver futuristic solutions through next-generation technologies in their business transformation journeys. HCL plans to create 2,000 new job opportunities across Canada over the next three years by engaging diverse and highly skilled local Canada talent to serve its global clients.

“HCL is a global IT leader who has chosen Mississauga for the potential to tap into a diverse community, skilled talent base and academic institutions,” said Joelien Jose, Executive Vice President, Country Head – HCL Canada. “In addition, Mississauga is well centered in the Greater Toronto Area, very well connected and also home to many Fortune 500 companies that have been key considerations for our expansion.”

Infosys recently announced that it will aim to create 500 new jobs in Mississauga over the next three years. The new hires will be concentrated in the company’s new digital development center, located in Mississauga, which provides customers across North America with the provision of research and development services and engineering services capabilities. In response to the growing demand for training, retraining and learning from employers, Infosys plans to double its Canadian workforce to 4,000 employees by 2023.

“Global technology companies landing in Mississauga are welcomed into a business-friendly environment with the help of the Mississauga City Economic Development Office (EDO) adopting a partnership approach to business,” said Bonnie Brown. Director, Economic Development Office. “With a dedicated team of business development professionals, EDO offers a variety of services to help companies set up operations and create the right connections to be successful in the North American market.”

To learn more about Mississauga’s ICT advances, visit thefutureisunlimited.ca/industries/ict.

About Mississauga

Mississauga is at the heart of Canada’s innovation and technology activity and continues to attract the brightest minds and cutting-edge companies. From start-ups, to scale-ups to international companies, Mississauga has the supports, resources and community to nurture growth, success and global impacts within the industry.

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