It would also target entities in the cloud service segment in the country.This comes close on the heels of the opening of the company's hyperscale data centre campus in Chennai last month with its first subsea cable system in the country.The Group also plans merging both NTT and NTT Data’s overseas IT operations as this will help in growing its IT offerings in the country, with capabilities-building in analytics, applications and AI and further synergies expected from the merger.India stands as one of the largest employee bases for the company outside of Japan.The merger was announced in October, 2022, with the combined IT services and infrastructure entity NTT Data Inc will be USD 30 billion in revenue terms.