JLL and SIPCOT did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
The campuses sit on land spanning over 49 acres having 16,500 seats, according to the company's presentations done for green energy certifications.
It is an attempt "by Cognizant and other IT firms to decentralize their talent models to lower-cost locations," said Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO at research firm Everest Group.
The focus on smaller cities also comes at a time when many IT employees are reluctant to move back to big cities after shifting to their hometowns during the worst of the pandemic.
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