Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) who operate a global delivery services centre in Ireland, 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.

The partnership combines ABB's industrial leadership with TCS' advanced AI, data, and engineering capabilities to enable next-gen infrastructure and enterprise applications

New partnership for TCS and ABB

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-optimised IT foundation aligned to ABB's operating model, with focus on operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

AI and factory modernisation: 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."

1. 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."

About ABB

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. By connecting its engineering and digitalisation expertise, ABB helps industries run at high performance, while becoming more efficient, productive and sustainable so they outperform. At ABB, we call this 'Engineered to Outrun'. The company has over 140 years of history and around 110,000 employees worldwide. ABB's shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ABBN) and Nasdaq Stockholm (ABB). www.abb.com

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organisations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 55 countries and 202 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognised as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients – helping them emerge as perpetually adaptive enterprises. Many of these relationships have endured into dec...