Pranav Hotkar
Mumbai, India - March 6, 2026 - Tata Consultancy Services is in advanced discussions with several global technology firms to build additional AI-focused data centers in India, as demand for high-performance computing infrastructure accelerates across the country’s digital economy.
Speaking about the development, CEO K Krithivasan confirmed that the company is currently negotiating with multiple hyperscale cloud and technology companies to support the deployment of next-generation AI compute facilities.
“We are having discussions with multiple other hyperscalers… we are in advanced discussions with multiple players,” Krithivasan said in an interview cited by industry reports.
The potential partnerships are aimed at building AI-optimized data centers designed to support large-scale model training, inference workloads, and enterprise AI deployments, sectors that are expanding rapidly as organizations adopt generative AI technologies.
Industry executives believe India’s AI ecosystem will require around 10 gigawatts of AI data center capacity by 2030, while currently announced projects account for only 5-6 gigawatts, highlighting a growing infrastructure gap that hyperscale operators and digital infrastructure firms are racing to address.
For TCS, the negotiations represent a strategic push to expand beyond traditional IT services and deepen its role in the global AI infrastructure value chain. The company has been exploring partnerships with hyperscalers and technology firms to develop large-scale compute platforms capable of supporting next-generation AI workloads.
The talks also build on recent initiatives within the broader Tata Group ecosystem to expand AI infrastructure capacity. These include collaborations with global technology providers and infrastructure investors aimed at establishing AI-ready data centers capable of scaling to gigawatt-level capacity.
India has emerged as a key destination for hyperscale data center investment due to its rapidly expanding digital economy, large developer ecosystem, and rising enterprise demand for AI computing power. Government initiatives promoting digital infrastructure and semiconductor development have also strengthened the country’s position in the global AI supply chain.
Major metropolitan areas such as Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and the Delhi-NCR region are increasingly attracting hyperscale infrastructure projects, supported by improved fiber connectivity and expanding power availability for high-density computing facilities.
Analysts say that partnerships between IT services companies and hyperscale technology providers could accelerate the deployment of AI infrastructure by combining cloud expertise, data center engineering capabilities, and enterprise customer networks.
As AI adoption continues to surge across industries ranging from financial services to healthcare and manufacturing, large-scale compute facilities are expected to play a central role in supporting India’s long-term digital growth and global competitiveness in artificial intelligence.
