据路透社周一报道，塔塔通信计划斥资近4.5亿美元，在印度铺设约1万公里新的长距离光纤。该网络将连接印度的AI数据中心枢纽。
Tata Communications plans to spend close to $450M on about 10,000km of new long-distance fibre across India. The network will connect the country’s AI data-centre hubs, Reuters reported on Monday.
这家总部位于孟买的公司向企业出售数据连接和网络安全服务，已在一份证券交易所备案文件中披露了该计划。报道该备案的印度财经网站称成本为435亿卢比。
The Mumbai-based company, which sells data connections and cybersecurity services to businesses, set out the plan in a stock exchange filing. Indian financial sites that reported the filing put the cost at Rs 4,350 crore.
工程将分三期实施。第一期为连接孟买、浦那、海得拉巴和钦奈的走廊。
The work will happen in three phases. First comes the corridor linking Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai.
后续阶段将延伸至东海岸和印度西部的数据中心集群。这些包括维沙卡帕特南、布巴内斯瓦尔、贾姆纳加尔以及古吉拉特邦的商业区GIFT City。
Later phases will reach data-centre clusters on the east coast and in western India. These include Vizag, Bhubaneswar, Jamnagar and GIFT City, the business district in Gujarat.
据路透社报道，该网络面向云服务公司、银行和全球能力中心。这些是跨国公司在印度设立的离岸枢纽。
According to Reuters, the network targets cloud companies, banks and global capability centres. These are the offshore hubs that multinational firms run in India.
备案文件显示，建设将新增约6Pbps（每秒拍比特）的容量。目前该公司在印度的网络承载量为1.25Pbps。额外容量预计将在2030至2036财年之间交付。
The build will add about 6 petabits per second of capacity, as the filing show. Today the company’s network in India carries 1.25 petabits per second. That extra capacity is due to arrive between the 2030 and 2036 financial years.
据这些报道，塔塔通信将以经营性现金流为项目提供资金。其中一份报道补充称，锚定客户已承诺使用该网络。新路由将接入该公司现有的约70万公里海底和陆地光纤网络。
Tata Communications will pay for the project from its operating cash flow, according to those reports. One of them added that anchor customers have already committed to using the network. The new routes will plug into the company’s existing network of around 700,000km of undersea and land fibre.
该项目建立在早期为大型云客户所做工作的基础上。据Verdict报道，去年塔塔通信同意为亚马逊云科技建设一条1.8万公里的光纤网络，连接其在孟买、海得拉巴和钦奈的站点。该网络预计将于2026年底前建成。
The project builds on earlier work for large cloud customers. Last year, Tata Communications agreed to build an 18,000km fibre network for Amazon Web Services, linking its sites in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, Verdict reported. That network is due to be finished by the end of 2026.
其他印度集团也在投资AI基础设施。此前，阿达尼集团和捷普宣布计划在印度建设数据中心硬件。
Other Indian groups are also investing in AI infrastructure. Earlier, Adani and Jabil announced plans to build data-centre hardware in the country.