Patni moves into bigger digs

Patni Computer Systems,a leading global IT and BPO services provider,on Thursday announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art IT business centre in Queretaro,Mexico,that would expand the company’s global delivery initiative and serve as the hub of its expansion efforts in Latin American markets.

“Patni is moving from its temporary facility into a permanent location in a high-rise building at ITESM Technological Park of Tech de Monterrey”,it said in a statement.

The new centre occupies 11,000 square feet on two floors in ITESM Technological Park – more than eight times the capacity of its temporary location. Patni currently employs 40 people in Queretaro.

The company has plans to increase employment in the local facility to 200 by the end of 2010,with the bulk of the new hires coming from the local area.