The Tata Group and OpenAI have introduced a wide-ranging strategic partnership that mixes enterprise AI adoption, large-scale infrastructure creation and youth skilling, positioning India on the centre of their long-term AI plans.

The collaboration brings collectively Tata Consultancy Providers and OpenAI throughout enterprise, client and social sectors. It contains the deployment of Enterprise ChatGPT throughout Tata Group firms, joint growth of industry-specific Agentic AI options, and the creation of large-scale AI infrastructure in India via TCS’ knowledge centre arm, HyperVault.

Enterprise AI deployment throughout Tata Group

As a part of the settlement, a number of thousand Tata Group workers will acquire entry to Enterprise ChatGPT to speed up innovation and productiveness throughout features. TCS can even use OpenAI’s Codex instruments to enhance software program engineering productiveness and outcomes.

The businesses stated they’ll collectively develop industry-specific Agentic AI options. OpenAI will contribute its superior AI platforms, whereas TCS will deliver contextual {industry} data and area experience.

The partnership can even embody joint go-to-market initiatives in India and abroad, enabling enterprises to deploy, combine and scale OpenAI’s platforms in step with their organisational necessities.

Constructing AI infrastructure in India

A key pillar of the partnership is infrastructure. TCS’ AI knowledge centre subsidiary, HyperVault, has entered right into a multi-year settlement with OpenAI to develop AI infrastructure with an preliminary capability of 100 MW, with an choice to scale as much as 1 GW over time.

The businesses stated the infrastructure will energy next-generation AI workloads and strengthen India’s place as a worldwide AI hub. HyperVault was arrange in 2025 as TCS’ devoted car for its AI and sovereign knowledge centre technique. It’s designed to ship gigawatt-scale, safe, AI-ready infrastructure for hyperscalers and AI-driven organisations.

The services can be powered by inexperienced power and can function purpose-built, liquid-cooled knowledge centres with excessive rack densities and community connectivity throughout main cloud areas. The providing is geared toward hyperscalers, AI firms, giant enterprises and authorities shoppers searching for localised compute capability.

In November final 12 months, TCS introduced in international funding agency TPG as a serious investor in HyperVault. TCS and TPG Terabyte Bidco plan to speculate as much as Rs 18,000 crore, round $2 billion, via a mixture of fairness and debt over the following few years to construct AI-focused knowledge centres throughout India.

TCS will retain a 51% stake in HyperVault, whereas TPG is anticipated to carry between 27.5% and 49%, relying on funding tranches. TPG is investing via TPG Rise Local weather, its World South Initiative and its Asia actual property platform. Collectively, they’re focusing on as much as 1.2 GW of information centre capability over 5 to seven years.

Skilling and social impression

Past enterprise and infrastructure, the partnership features a social impression part. OpenAI Basis and TCS will collaborate to supply AI coaching and assets to Indian youth. They plan to develop know-how toolkits for NGOs and launch initiatives targeted on younger folks, with the target of bettering the livelihoods of at the very least a million youth by enabling accountable and environment friendly use of AI at scale.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stated, “India is already main the best way in AI adoption, and with its expertise, ambition, and robust authorities help, it’s properly positioned to assist form its future. By means of OpenAI for India and our partnership with Tata Group, we’re working collectively to construct the infrastructure, abilities, and native partnerships wanted to construct AI with India, for India, and in India, in order that extra folks throughout the nation can entry and profit from it.”

N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, stated, “This deep collaboration between OpenAI and Tata Group marks a serious milestone in India’s imaginative and prescient to develop into a worldwide chief in AI. We’re happy to accomplice with OpenAI to create state-of-the-art AI infrastructure in India. This can be a distinctive alternative for OpenAI and TCS to remodel industries. Collectively we’ll talent India’s youth and empower them to reach the AI period.”