India-headquartered global communications technology player Tata Communications and cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) are collaborating to enable an advanced AI-ready network in India. The collaboration is said to mark one of India’s largest-ever network deployments by Tata Communications in terms of size, scale and bandwidth.

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

AWS has two data centre regions in India, located in Mumbai and Hyderabad, along with AWS Direct Connect and AWS Edge Network infrastructure in Chennai. The network will connect AWS infrastructure in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai through a comprehensive, national long-haul network, creating a powerful infrastructure backbone for AI and machine learning (ML) workloads across India.

The partnership 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 security, availability and performance between AWS locations.

The partnership will also further enable businesses across India to build, train, and deploy scalable AI applications, fostering innovation in sectors like healthcare, finance and education.

The partners say they will also ensure robust security measures and adhere to regulatory standards to protect data integrity and privacy.

As Tata Communications explains, 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, the company adds, AWS will further empower Indian businesses to develop Gen AI applications and train AI models with speed and efficiency.