TCS Expands AI Footprint: New Gemini Experience Center Opens in Kolkata

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched its third Gemini Experience Center (GEC) in India, marking a key milestone in its global strategy to establish 10 such innovation hubs by the end of 2026.

KOLKATA — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has officially inaugurated a new Consumer Business Group (CBG) Gemini Experience Center (GEC) in Kolkata, strengthening its strategic partnership with Google Cloud. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to serve as a collaborative hub where consumer-focused businesses can co-create, prototype, and scale AI-led innovations using Google’s advanced Gemini models.

Accelerating AI-Led Innovation

The Kolkata GEC focuses on tailoring AI solutions to the specific needs of the consumer business sector. By leveraging Google Cloud's AI infrastructure and Gemini Enterprise, the center allows enterprises to move beyond initial pilots toward enterprise-scale AI adoption.

"The Gemini Experience Center in Kolkata extends this collaboration by providing a dedicated environment for consumer businesses to co-create, test, and scale AI-led offerings," said Murali Ramanathan, CTO of the Consumer Business Group at TCS.

Shivir Chordia, Director of Partnerships for Google Cloud in India, added, "The launch of the Gemini Experience Center in Kolkata marks a crucial step in accelerating agentic AI adoption, empowering consumer businesses to co-create, test, and scale next-generation innovations".

Expanding the Global Innovation Network

The Kolkata launch brings the total number of TCS Gemini Experience Centers in India to three, joining existing facilities in Chennai (focused on Retail) and Bengaluru (focused on BFSI). These centers are integral parts of the TCS Pace™ innovation network, which connects customers, startups, and academic institutions to accelerate digital transformation.

Globally, TCS is on an aggressive expansion path. With the newest addition in Kolkata, the company is moving toward its goal of establishing a total of 10 Gemini Experience Centers worldwide by the end of 2026, with four of those strategically located within India.

Why This Matters for Enterprises

As industries navigate the transition to "agentic AI"—where systems take autonomous actions to achieve business outcomes—these experience centers provide the necessary "sandbox" environments for secure testing. Enterprises can use these hubs to:

• Rapidly Prototype: Test AI-led use cases with access to high-performance infrastructure.

• Scale Solutions: Transition from conceptual pilots to production-ready deployments.

• Access Expertise: Engage with TCS' Google Cloud-certified experts to ensure responsible and secure AI integration.

The expansion of these centers aligns with TCS' broader AI initiative, which includes building a dedicated workforce of up to 8,900 "forward-deployed engineers" to accelerate AI adoption directly at client sites.

Source: Tata Consultancy Services Press Releases, NSE Corporate Filings