Tata Communications and AWS collaborate to enable advanced AI-ready network in India

The collaboration with AWS marks one of the India’s largest ever network deployments by Tata Communications in terms of size, scale and bandwidth.

Tata Communications is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable an advanced AI-ready network in India. The strategic collaboration will establish a high-capacity, resilient long-distance network connecting three major AWS infrastructure locations to bolster Gen AI adoption and cloud innovation in India.

Given the geographic location of the Indian subcontinent, having a reliable network is crucial for businesses as they look to not only expand their digitalization journey but also deploy more AI workloads.

As such, the collaboration marks one of the India’s largest ever network deployments by Tata Communications in terms of size, scale and bandwidth. Currently, AWS has two data centre Regions in India located in Mumbai and Hyderabad. There is also an AWS Direct Connect and AWS Edge Network infrastructure in Chennai.

All these AWS infrastructures in India will now be connected through a comprehensive, national long-haul network, creating a powerful infrastructure backbone for AI and machine learning (ML) workloads across India.

According to Genius Wong, Executive Vice President, Core and Next-Gen Connectivity Services and Chief Technology Officer, Tata Communications, the association marks the largest ever National Long-Distance program and showcases Tata Communications' unparalleled capability to support large-capacity, complex projects requiring scaled network solutions.

Specifically, AWS will leverage Tata Communications’ state-of-the-art network to provide high-bandwidth, low-latency connections essential for AI workloads. AWS will continue to deploy its custom network technologies on this network, enabling industry-leading security, availability, and performance between AWS locations.

The partnership will also enable businesses across India to build, train, and deploy scalable AI applications, fostering innovation in sectors like healthcare, finance, and education. It will also ensure robust security measures and adhere to regulatory standards to protect data integrity and privacy.

Apart from that, the new network will help provide leading network performance and scalability that are critical for next-generation AI applications. By leveraging Tata Communications state-of-the-art network, AWS will further empower Indian businesses to develop Gen AI applications and train AI models, with unprecedented speed and efficiency. The network will feature express routes with ultra-low latency, helping ensure seamless data transfer and processing capabilities essential for compute-intensive AI and ML workloads.

“AI is transforming industries globally, and our collaboration with AWS positions us at the forefront of this revolution in India. Together, we're enabling a network that not only meets the current demands but anticipates the needs of tomorrow. By building a tailored network solution we're ushering in an AI era in India, reinforcing our position as the long-term partner of choice for global technology leaders,” added Wong.

For Jesse Dougherty, Vice President for Network Edge Services at AWS , working with Tata Communications to establish an advanced in-country network in India is filled with excitement.

“The infrastructure is designed to support the most data intensive workloads, like 5G, generative AI, and high-performance computing. This collaboration with Tata Communications will further enable our customers in India to innovate at scale with cloud and generative AI, and drive growth in India’s rapidly expanding digital economy,” added Dougherty.