Tata Communications and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are working together to enable an AI-ready network in India.

The collaboration will establish a high-capacity, resilient long-distance network connecting three major AWS infrastructure locations to bolster generative AI adoption and cloud innovation.

The collaboration marks one of the India’s largest ever network deployments by Tata Communications in terms of size, scale and bandwidth. AWS has two data centre regions in Mumbai and Hyderabad, and AWS Direct Connect and AWS Edge Network infrastructure in Chennai. The network will connect AWS infrastructure in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai through a national long-haul network, creating an infrastructure backbone for AI and machine learning (ML) workloads across the country.

Users will be able to leverage Tata’s 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 security, availability and performance between AWS locations.

This will further enable businesses across India to build, train and deploy scalable AI applications, fostering innovation in sectors such as healthcare, finance and education.

It will ensure robust security measures and adhere to regulatory standards to protect data integrity and privacy.

The network will help provide performance and scalability that are critical for AI applications. By leveraging Tata’s network, AWS will empower Indian businesses to develop gen AI applications and train AI models with speed and efficiency. The network will feature express routes with low latency, helping ensure seamless data transfer and processing capabilities essential for compute-intensive AI and ML workloads.

“This association marks our largest ever national long-distance programme and showcases Tata Communications’ unparalleled capability to support large-capacity, complex projects requiring scaled networks,” said Genius Wong, executive vice president at Tata Communications (www.tatacommunications.com). “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, we’re ushering in an AI era in India, reinforcing our position as the long-term partner of choice for global technology leaders.”

Jesse Dougherty, AWS (aws.amazon.com) vice president, added: “We are excited to work with Tata Communications to establish an advanced in-country network in India. 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.”