Swiggy is set to move its corporate headquarters from Bengaluru’s traffic-choked Outer Ring Road to Whitefield, joining a growing wave of companies relocating to areas with better connectivity and infrastructure. The move will shift the Bengaluru-based on-demand delivery platform out of Embassy Tech Village in Bellandur to Sumadhura Capitol Towers in Whitefield, Moneycontrol reported, citing an internal communication.
According to the memo seen by Moneycontrol, the new headquarters will accommodate about 2,000 employees and offer significantly improved connectivity due to its proximity to the Kadugodi Tree Park Metro station. The company said housing in the neighbourhood is also more affordable compared to ORR and Bellandur. The new office will be connected to both Kadugodi Tree Park and Hopefarm Channasandra metro stations on the Purple Line.
While the shift is driven partly by infrastructure and transit advantages, the report said that Swiggy is also preparing for the move because its five-year-plus lease at its current facility is set to expire soon. The company has not yet finalised a date for the relocation and did not respond to Moneycontrol’s queries.
Whitefield emerges as a preferred hub
Swiggy’s move comes at a time when several companies are rethinking their presence along the congested Central Silk Board–KR Puram corridor. According to the report, the trend accelerated after BlackBuck CEO Rajesh Yabaji’s widely discussed social media post about deteriorating infrastructure on ORR, which prompted renewed scrutiny from the tech community.
Since then, multiple firms have opted for locations such as Whitefield, now fully connected by the metro’s Purple Line, and North Bengaluru, closer to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). Over recent months, Infosys and Collins Aerospace have taken up space at Northgate Business Park; Amazon has moved into Sattva Horizon; and Philips has moved into Embassy Business Hub. SAP Labs recently opened its second campus near the airport. Boeing inaugurated its 43-acre, Rs 1,600-crore engineering and technology facility near KIA in early 2024. TCS is also setting up a new campus at Sattva Knowledge Point.
The district is already among the densest tech clusters in Bengaluru, hosting companies across large business parks such as Salarpuria GR Tech Park, Brigade Tech Park, International Tech Park Bengaluru (ITPB) and Prestige Shantiniketan. The area is also home to facilities of Oracle, Daimler Truck Innovation Center, Makino, LTIMindtree, Capgemini, Huawei, Wipro, Tesco, GE Healthcare, SAP Labs, Qualcomm, NTT Data and others.
The Purple Line, operational since March 2023 between Whitefield and Challaghatta, is one of the Bengaluru Metro network’s busiest corridors. Several companies are now running shuttle services from metro stations to their campuses to offset road congestion.
ORR remains critical despite outflow
While a growing number of firms are exploring alternatives, ORR continues to be one of the most important tech corridors in the country. Swiggy’s current neighbours include Flipkart, Fractal Analytics, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and several other global and Indian technology majors.
Companies along ORR contribute nearly 32%, around $22 billion, of Bengaluru’s total IT revenue, according to the Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA), Moneycontrol reported. Even as some firms exit the corridor, others continue to expand their footprint to tap into the region’s deep tech talent pool. Metro connectivity on the ORR will improve only by 2026, with BMRCL planning a phased opening of the Blue Line: Central Silk Board–KR Puram by September 2026, Hebbal–Airport by June 2027, and KR Puram–Hebbal by December 2027.
