This Week In AI Chips - India Boosts AI Capabilities with AMD and TCS Partnership

AMD and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have strengthened their collaboration to launch the “Helios” rack-scale AI architecture in India, supporting the country's AI initiatives and sovereign AI factories. This new 200MW deployment aims to accelerate AI adoption at scale across various industries by offering a training and inference platform designed to enhance operational efficiency and reduce time-to-deployment. Featuring AMD's Instinct™ MI455X GPUs, next-generation EPYC™ CPUs, and Pensando™ Vulcano NICs, this infrastructure promises to deliver a state-of-the-art AI-ready data center environment. This initiative signifies an important step in expanding AI infrastructure in India, aligning with global trends in AI deployment and modernization.

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• "AMD and TCS to bring state-of-the-art ‘Helios’ rack-scale AI architecture to India" from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. on GlobeNewswire (published 16 February 2026)

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