India, Oct. 26 -- Tata Communications plans to invest $400-450 Mn (around Rs.4,350 Cr) to build 10,000 km of AI-ready connectivity infrastructure across India in a bid to capitalise on rising demand for data centre connectivity and compute infrastructure.

The investment will be used to build a new high-speed fibre network connecting major data centres and AI hubs, allowing transfer of large amounts of data faster with minimal delays. The network will also connect to Tata Communications' existing global network.

The company plans to add around 6 petabits per second (pbps) of network capacity under the programme, taking its total capacity to approximately 7.25 pbps once the expansion is completed. The proposed capacity addition is schedul...