Tata Communications, a global communications technology player, today announced strategic investments of close to US$ 450 million to build a high-speed, low-latency network fabric connecting India’s key AI data-center corridors. The company will build around 10,000 kilometers of the new long-haul fiber across India, creating one of the country’s largest AI-ready connectivity networks.
The first phase of the program, which the company calls an AI superhighway, will focus on the Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad-Chennai corridor, one of India’s most important AI and hyperscale growth routes. Subsequent phases will expand connectivity into emerging East Coast and Western India data center ecosystems, including Vizag, Bhubaneswar, Jamnagar, GIFT City and other strategic locations.
In parallel, Tata Communications will continue to support existing enterprise and data center connectivity requirements by scaling its current National Long Distance and metro network footprint, ensuring continued support for current growth while building capacity for future demand. Integrated with Tata Communications’ global network, the project aims to provide customers with a seamless, end-to-end connectivity fabric, supporting the performance, resilience and scale required for next-generation AI workloads.
“We are excited about the opportunity in the India data center-to-data center connectivity, which we believe could evolve into a market exceeding US$ 1 billion over the medium term,” said Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, MD and CEO, Tata Communications. “With our planned investments, we are building on our existing strengths to create one of the most comprehensive data center connectivity platforms in the market, positioning us to capture this significant growth opportunity.”
Rupesh Chokshi, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Executive Vice President & Global Business Head – Network Services, Tata Communications, said, “The AI economy needs more than compute. It needs a network built for speed, scale and resilience,” adding, “Our AI Network Fabric will give our global customers the ultra-low-latency, high-capacity and resilient connectivity they need to scale AI with confidence.”
The investment aims to strengthen India’s emergence as a global AI and cloud connectivity gateway, intending to meet the unprecedented demand from hyperscale and neocloud providers, AI workloads, digital-native businesses, Global Capability Centers (GCCs), enterprises and emerging cloud platforms. It will enable global hyperscalers, digital platforms and multinational enterprises to scale their operations in India with confidence as the country enters its next phase of digital transformation.
Tata Communications connectivity infrastructure includes over 500,000 km of subsea optical fiber and more than 200,000 km of terrestrial fiber. Reader would recall that in June 2026, Tata Communications enhanced its Tata Global Network (TGN) capabilities by planning a new subsea cable system between Mumbai and Singapore, and invested as a consortium member in a new subsea cable system, connecting Chennai to Singapore with expected Ready for Service (RFS) in Q4 2029.