Bengaluru, Feb 20: The Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), and OpenAI have announced a multi-dimensional strategic partnership to drive AI-powered innovation across enterprise, consumer, and social sectors.
The collaboration spans multiple high-impact areas, including powering AI-led innovation across Tata Group companies, driving AI transformation across industries globally, and establishing advanced AI infrastructure in India.
Empowering Tata Group Employees with Enterprise ChatGPT
Several thousand Tata Group employees will gain access to Enterprise ChatGPT, accelerating innovation and productivity across business units. In addition, TCS will leverage OpenAI’s Codex to enhance software engineering outcomes and boost development efficiency.
Building Industry-Specific Agentic AI Solutions
Under this partnership, OpenAI with its leading Agentic AI capabilities and TCS with its deep industry expertise and contextual knowledge — will collaborate to build impactful, industry-specific AI solutions tailored to enterprise needs.
Joint Go-To-Market (GTM) Initiatives
TCS and OpenAI will enable Indian and global enterprises to transform with AI-powered solutions customized to their organizational contexts. Through this collaboration, TCS will deploy, integrate, and scale OpenAI’s advanced AI platforms worldwide, accelerating AI-led transformation for its customers.
Developing AI Infrastructure in India
TCS’s HyperVault unit and OpenAI have entered into a multi-year agreement to develop large-scale AI infrastructure in India. In the initial phase, TCS will build AI infrastructure with a capacity of 100MW, with the potential to scale up to 1 gigawatt (GW). This next-generation infrastructure will power advanced AI workloads and strengthen India’s position as a global AI hub.
Social Impact and Youth Empowerment
The OpenAI Foundation and TCS will collaborate to provide AI training and resources to Indian youth, enabling responsible and large-scale AI adoption. Together, they will develop technology toolkits for NGOs and launch initiatives aimed at improving the livelihoods of at least one million young people across India.
Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, said:
“India is already leading the way in AI adoption, and with its talent, ambition, and strong government support, it is well placed to help shape its future. Through OpenAI for India and our partnership with the Tata Group, we’re working together to build the infrastructure, skills, and local partnerships needed to build AI with India, for India, and in India — so that more people across the country can access and benefit from it.”
N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons, added:
“This deep collaboration between OpenAI and the Tata Group marks a major milestone in India’s vision to become a global leader in AI. We are pleased to partner with OpenAI to create state-of-the-art AI infrastructure in India. This is a unique opportunity for OpenAI and TCS to transform industries. Together, we will skill India’s youth and empower them to succeed in the AI era.”
TCS established HyperVault in 2025 to deliver gigawatt-scale, secure, reliable, and AI-ready infrastructure for hyperscalers and AI-driven organizations. Powered by green energy, it will offer purpose-built, liquid-cooled data centers with high rack densities and network connectivity across major cloud regions.
This partnership represents a pivotal step in India’s ambition to become a global AI leader, strengthening the ecosystem for AI development, deployment, and adoption at scale.