The partnership combines ABB’s industrial leadership with TCS’ advanced AI, data, and engineering capabilities to enable next-gen infrastructure and enterprise applications
Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ABB to strengthen the two companies’ strategic collaboration across IT infrastructure and applications, digital and industrial AI initiatives, data centres, and other emerging technologies. The MoU reflects the Parties’ shared intent to drive innovation, operational resilience, and sustainable growth through a long-term partnership approach.
As part of the MoU, the Parties will combine ABB’s leadership in electrification and automation with TCS’ global technology and delivery capabilities in the following key collaboration areas:
- IT infrastructure and applications transformation: Advancing an agile, secure, resilient and cost-optimized IT foundation aligned to ABB’s operating model, with focus on operational efficiency and continuous improvement.
- AI and factory modernization: Jointly collaborating on industrial AI, digital twins, vision-based inspection and OT-IT convergence.
- AI infrastructure development opportunities: Explore opportunities related to electrification, automation, digital and software domains arising from TCS’ planned AI infrastructure development activities in India.
Morten Wierod, CEO ABB, said, “Partnering with TCS helps ABB build smarter systems, adapt faster, and scale our innovations globally. India remains an important growth market for us and the renewed partnership will position ABB as one of the key partners for TCS’ ambitious data centre expansion plans.”
Krithivasan, MD and CEO, Tata Consultancy Services, said, “This partnership reflects our shared ambition to move beyond incremental transformation and shape the next era of industrial enterprises. By combining ABB’s leadership in electrification and automation with TCS’ technical expertise in AI, data, and engineering, we aim to cocreate intelligent, resilient, and future ready industrial solutions at scale. Together, we are not just modernising the technology landscapes, we are advancing a new model of AI-led industrial innovation that delivers shared value across our global operations.”
