{
  "id": 16603064,
  "title": "Tata Comm to invest $450M in high-speed fibre network to connect AI data centres",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/tata-comm-to-invest-450m-in-high-speed-fibre-network-to-connect-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-26T12:20:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/10/tata-comm-invest-usd-450m-high-speed-fibre-network-connect-ai-data-centres"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tata Communications has announced plans to invest $450 million in a high-speed long-haul fibre network in India. The primary focus will be on establishing connectivity between the Mumbai-Pune, Hyderabad, and Chennai corridors, which are critical for AI and hyperscale growth in the country. The company intends to expand this network into emerging data centre ecosystems in the East Coast and Western India, including strategic locations like Vizag, Bhubaneswar, Jamnagar, and GIFT City.\n\nTata Communications aims to lay around 10,000 kilometers of long-haul fibre across India, creating one of the largest AI-ready connectivity networks in the country. This network will be integrated with the company's global network backbone, providing customers with seamless, end-to-end connectivity for next-generation AI workloads. The company believes the AI data centre-to-data centre connectivity market in India could grow to exceed $1 billion in the medium term.\n\nGanesh Lakshminarayanan, MD and CEO of Tata Communications, expressed excitement about the potential in India's data centre connectivity market. The company's strategic investments will build upon its existing strengths, creating a comprehensive data centre connectivity platform. As the company scales, a growing portion of its expansion will be driven by anchor customer commitments and contracted demand.\n\nIn addition to the new network, Tata Communications will continue to support existing enterprise and data centre connectivity requirements by expanding its national long-distance and metro network footprint. The company operates a large subsea fibre network spanning 500,000 kilometers and has enhanced its capabilities by planning a new subsea cable system between Mumbai and Singapore, as well as investing in a subsea cable system connecting Chennai to Singapore.",
  "summary": "The first phase of the programme will focus on the Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad-Chennai corridor, one of India's most important Al and hyperscale growth routes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}