hyderabad usbased tech player pi square technologies has opened its global delivery centre gdc in hyderabad that will start with 300 employees and be scaled up to over 1000 over the next couple of yearsthe hyderabad gdc will focus on emerging technologies such as data science and analytics artificial intelligence iot cybersecurity animation vfx visual effects cgi computer generated imagery ar vr augmented reality and virtual reality among others the company said on monday the gdc will cater to global technology companies in north america europe and apac regionsthe new facility will also house a stateoftheart animation studio hornbill studio that will provide endtoend technology solutions from preproduction to postproduction and animation to vfx to global playersfuture emerging technologies will be at the heart of the hyderabad gdc pi square group president sarat kothapalli said inaugurating the centre telangana it industries principal secretary jayesh ranjan said hyderabad has been attracting firms rom all over the world to set up their global delivery centres and technology hubs which is an endorsement to the growing stature of the city not just in india but also at global level he said the state government is committed to providing an ecosystem that will make hyderabad the animation capital of the world