Kolkata: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has expanded its partnership with Oracle by opening India’s first Oracle AI Data Platform Lab and Centre of Excellence here. The facility, located at Delta Park Lords in Salt Lake’s Sector V, will help enterprises accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence by making their data more usable, connected and ready for AI-led decision-making.TCS plans to extend this model by launching similar labs and centres of excellence in four more Indian cities over the next three years.The Kolkata centre will support organisations in moving faster from idea to experimentation and then to large-scale deployment. It will help clients modernise data analytics, speed up application development, improve operational efficiency and adopt intelligent automation across enterprises.The facility is aimed at helping organisations that are seeking to scale AI beyond pilot projects but are currently restricted by fragmented data across systems and slow analytics processes. The new lab will address these challenges by giving customers access to reusable architectures, industry-specific solutions, accelerators and expert guidance from TCS and Oracle, an official explained.Built on the Oracle AI Data Platform, the facility will use the combined capabilities of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Autonomous AI Database and OCI Enterprise AI.The initiative strengthens TCS’s investment in advanced AI engineering, intelligent data platforms and next-generation analytics. The company will also draw on its centralised team of 26,000 Oracle-skilled professionals in India to support clients’ AI transformation programmes.Oracle India head (alliances and channels – technology) Arvind Mehra said TCS is helping customers accelerate AI adoption through a secure, unified data foundation and integrated AI capabilities. “The collaboration will enable businesses to turn data into measurable outcomes, from sharper insights to intelligent automation,” Mehra said.TCS vice-president and global head (Oracle Practice) Sudipto Ray said the new lab will bring Oracle’s AI, database and cloud-native capabilities to TCS clients globally. “The centre will help customers better use their data, adopt automation and strengthen their competitiveness in a rapidly evolving digital environment,” Ray said.
