AI ready data centres in India can service local, global customers: TPG’s Jim Coulter
India is poised to become a global hub for AI compute and data infrastructure—that was the overarching sentiment as Jim Coulter, executive chairman, TPG, and K Krithivasan, chief executive officer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), sat down for a joint interview as the two companies unveiled one of the country’s most ambitious data centre ventures. In a conversation with Arijit Barman and Himanshi Lohchab, Krithivasan said TCS’ new subsidiary, HyperVault AI Data Centres, will be central to the company’s plan to become the world’s largest AI-led services company. Coulter, meanwhile, framed India as the most undervalued data-centre opportunity globally, citing cheap power, rapid capacity build-out and unmatched engineering talent. Edited excerpts:
