Tata Group and OpenAI Partner to Build India’s 1st Large-Scale AI Data Centre
In February 2026, Tata Group partnered with OpenAI to establish India’s first large-scale Artificial Intelligence (AI)-ready data centre under the global Stargate initiative, with OpenAI becoming the first customer of Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) HyperVault data centre business.
About Tata–OpenAI AI Infrastructure Partnership:
Infrastructure: TCS HyperVault data centre unit will host AI-ready systems beginning with 100 megawatts (MW) capacity scalable to 1 gigawatt (GW), powered by green energy and AI-optimised hardware to support large-scale training and inference workloads.
Investment: TCS plans to invest up to USD 7 billion to build 1 GW data centre capacity in India as part of the USD 500 billion Stargate global initiative.
Enterprise: Tata Group also intends to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise, a product offered by OpenAI, across the organisation over the coming years, initially covering hundreds of thousands of employees.
Certification: OpenAI will expand its certification programme in India, with TCS becoming the first participating organisation outside the United States of America (USA), and plans to establish offices in Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Bengaluru (Karnataka) in 2026.