TCS deepens Google Cloud partnership with Gemini Enterprise

IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud, adopting the latter’s next-generation agentic AI platform, Gemini Enterprise, to accelerate enterprise-scale innovation and enhance employee productivity.

The move marks a significant milestone in TCS’s AI transformation journey, aligning with its tcs.ai program that aims to democratize access to advanced AI tools across its global workforce. The partnership will enable TCS to develop custom AI agents that simplify complex operational processes, improve decision-making, and reimagine “Human + AI workflows” for clients across industries.

“This partnership represents our next phase of investment in our people and clients,” said Aarthi Subramanian, President and COO, TCS. “By adopting Gemini Enterprise, we are expanding innovation opportunities across industries and preparing enterprises for an agentic AI future.”
Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said the platform “provides TCS with a single, integrated foundation that unifies enterprise knowledge and empowers every employee to become a force multiplier.”

The partnership comes at a time when TCS is recalibrating its workforce and hiring strategy. For the quarter ended September 30, 2025, the company reported a net reduction of 19,755 employees, bringing its total headcount to 593,314. In parallel, TCS CEO K Krithivasan indicated a shift away from H-1B visa dependency in the US, with a greater focus on local recruitment to strengthen its onshore delivery model.
Analysts say this dual shift—towards AI-driven efficiency and leaner workforce management—signals a strategic realignment as TCS prepares for the next wave of digital transformation.

Meanwhile, Google’s broader AI ambitions in India also gathered pace on Tuesday, as Adani Enterprises Ltd, through its joint venture AdaniConneX, announced a partnership with Google to build India’s largest AI data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The proposed $15-billion (₹1.25 lakh crore) investment over five years (2026–2030) will develop a 1-gigawatt hyperscale data centre, integrated with green energy infrastructure and subsea cable systems to power next-generation AI workloads.

AdaniConneX and Bharti Airtel will collaborate closely with Google on the project, which aims to position India as a global AI and cloud hub. The initiative is expected to contribute an average of ₹10,518 crore annually to Andhra Pradesh’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) between 2028 and 2032, while generating 1.88 lakh jobs per year, according to government estimates.

The combined developments underscore how Google is deepening its AI ecosystem in India—from enterprise partnerships with IT majors such as TCS to large-scale digital infrastructure investments through the Adani Group. Together, they reflect a concerted push to anchor India’s emergence as a key node in the global AI economy.