TCS-backed HyperVault plans AI campus in Hyderabad

HyperVault has secured 264 acres in Hyderabad for an AI data centre campus with planned capacity of up to 1GW. The project is backed by Tata Consultancy Services through its subsidiary.

The Telangana site is aimed at frontier AI companies and hyperscalers. The campus is designed for dense GPU installations used in AI training, inference and other advanced computing workloads. Development will be rolled out in phases based on customer demand and technology requirements.

At full scale, HyperVault expects the campus to be among India's largest AI infrastructure sites. The build-out will use green energy and water-neutral design principles.

HyperVault and its partners are expected to invest up to INR 70,000 crore to build and manage the campus. The project is also expected to create several thousand direct and indirect jobs in the region, driving demand across power, cooling, networking, construction, engineering and operations.

The announcement marks one of the largest disclosed AI infrastructure projects in India, as companies race to secure land, power and cooling for increasingly compute-intensive models. Hyderabad has become a focal point for technology investment, while the Telangana government has sought to position the state as a base for digital infrastructure as well as software services.

State backing

Shri A. Revanth Reddy, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Telangana, described the project as nationally significant after meeting HyperVault officials.

"This establishes that Hyderabad is now at the forefront of the global AI revolution with a strong focus on infrastructure. This decade is one of artificial intelligence. Access to AI models and compute is fast becoming public infrastructure, and having this compute reside in Telangana gives us an advantage," said Reddy.

D. Sridhar Babu, IT and Industries Minister, linked the agreement to the state's push to attract major technology projects.

"We tell investors and corporations across the world, Telangana means business. We move with the speed and clarity of process that matches the expectations of the tech and corporate world," said Babu.

He also outlined how discussions around the project began.

"This agreement germinated from a conversation between the Hon'ble Chief Minister and N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, in Davos in January this year. Since then, within a few months, officials and our friends at HyperVault and TCS have moved at the speed of thought to make this happen," Babu said.

Company plans

HyperVault is a subsidiary of TCS, one of India's largest technology services groups. The project gives the company a direct role in the physical infrastructure needed for AI computing. The campus is being pitched to customers that require large power blocks, advanced cooling systems and room to expand over time.

K Krithivasan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of TCS, said the development fits the group's broader strategy around AI and infrastructure.

"HyperVault advances TCS' Infrastructure-to-Intelligence strategy by bringing together AI-ready infrastructure with our cloud, engineering, enterprise transformation and AI capabilities. Hyderabad offers the scale, talent and ecosystem to serve global customers. We extend our sincere appreciation to the Hon'ble Chief Minister and the Government of Telangana for their steadfast support and progressive, investment-friendly policies," said Krithivasan.

Deepesh Kiran Nanda, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of HyperVault AI Data Centre Limited, said the project is being designed around the needs of newer AI workloads.

"We are building infrastructure for where AI is going: higher density, liquid cooling, larger power blocks and faster deployment. Hyderabad gives us the foundation to build that at scale for frontier AI companies and hyperscalers. We thank the Government of Telangana for extending its support to the development of the infrastructure that will power intelligence," said Nanda.

The size of the land parcel points to a campus model rather than a single facility, reflecting how AI data centre projects increasingly need space for substations, cooling systems, water management and network links alongside server halls. A phased approach also gives operators flexibility to match spending with customer commitments and changes in chip design.

For Telangana, the project adds to a broader industrial pitch centred on fast approvals, access to skilled labour and Hyderabad's standing as a technology hub. For TCS and HyperVault, it opens a route into a segment at the intersection of data centres, cloud demand and rapidly growing AI computing needs.