‘[The investment] will further strengthen our partnership with hyperscalers and AI companies. With this capability, TCS is uniquely positioned to deliver complete AI solutions for its customers and partners. We are excited and committed to play a leading role in creating world-class AI infrastructure and solutions for the industry and work towards making TCS the largest AI-led technology services company,’ says TCS Chairman N. Chandrasekaran in a prepared statement.
India-based global IT services, consulting, and business solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services has received a $1-billion investment from TPG aimed at supporting its HyperVault AI data center business.
For TCS, ranked No. 3 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500, the investment targets the building of the solution provider’s HyperVault AI data center business. This includes supporting the building of HyperVault’s GW-scale AI ready infrastructure, the company said.
TPG, with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Ft. Worth, Texas, is a global alternative asset management firm that invests across a broad and diversified set of strategies, and as of this fall had $286 billion worth of assets under management.
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TCS did not respond to a CRN request for further information by press time.
TCS said that HyperVault is a keystone to the company’s plan to become what it called the largest AI-led technology services company. HyperVault aims to deliver secure, reliable, large-scale AI-ready infrastructure for hyperscalers and AI-driven organizations across all the top cloud regions via purpose-built, liquid-cooled data centers with high rack densities and energy efficiency.
TCS and TPG are combining a mixture of equity and debt to fund TCS’ HyperVault. The two have committed to invest up to Rs 18,000 crore (in India’s currency), or just over U.S. $2 billion at current exchange rates, over the next few years. Of that, TPG will invest up to Rs 8,820 crore or about $1 billion, giving it a 27.5 percent to 49 percent share in HyperVault.
TCS Chairman N. Chandrasekaran, in a prepared statement, said TPG’s support will help TCS build large GW-scale AI data centers in India to tap burgeoning AI demand.
“It will further strengthen our partnership with hyperscalers and AI companies. With this capability, TCS is uniquely positioned to deliver complete AI solutions for its customers and partners. We are excited and committed to play a leading role in creating world-class AI infrastructure and solutions for the industry and work towards making TCS the largest AI-led technology services company,” Chandrasekaran said.
