Tata Communications plans $450 million investment in India AI network

Tata Communications plans to invest $400 million to $450 million to build a 10,000-km fibre network connecting major data centre and artificial intelligence (AI) hubs across India, as rising demand for computing infrastructure drives investment in the country’s digital backbone. The network will be developed in phases, beginning with the Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad-Chennai corridor, the company said on October 26, 2026. Subsequent phases will extend connectivity to data centre hubs in eastern and west