OpenAI partners with Tata Group for 100MW data center in India

OpenAI announced on Thursday that it has partnered with India’s Tata Group to secure 100 megawatts of AI-ready data center capacity in the country. Under the agreement, OpenAI will become the first customer of HyperVault, the data center business unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The initial 100 megawatts of capacity is part of OpenAI’s Stargate project, which is designed to build AI-ready infrastructure and expand enterprise adoption globally. OpenAI plans to eventually scale this data center capacity to 1 gigawatt, which would place the facility among the largest AI-focused data center deployments globally.

The infrastructure expansion is supported by a major financial commitment in HyperVault, which secured backing from private equity firm TPG in November 2025. The financial details of the platform include:

• A planned investment of about ₹180 billion (about $2 billion) to develop the AI-ready infrastructure.
• The capacity to support large-scale compute workloads for hyperscalers and enterprise customers.

Beyond securing physical compute capacity, the partnership includes a strategic enterprise collaboration aimed at accelerating AI adoption across Tata’s businesses. Tata Group plans to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to its workforce over the coming years, starting with hundreds of thousands of employees at TCS, in what would rank among the largest enterprise AI deployments globally. Additionally, TCS intends to use OpenAI’s Codex, a software development tool, to standardize AI-native software development across its engineering teams. TCS will also become the first participating organization outside the United States to offer OpenAI’s professional certification programs.

N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, said the partnership will help build “state-of-the-art AI infrastructure in India” while supporting efforts to skill the country’s workforce for the AI era. To support these operations, OpenAI plans to open new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year, adding to its existing presence in New Delhi. The expansion is expected to support enterprise partnerships, developer engagement, and local regulatory coordination as the company scales its footprint in India, where ChatGPT has more than 100 million weekly users spanning students, teachers, developers, and entrepreneurs.

Why it matters

The local data center capacity allows OpenAI to run advanced models within India, reducing latency while meeting critical data residency and compliance requirements for regulated sectors and government workloads.