Vindhya Telelinks investing ₹117 crore to double fibre capacity to 12 million km by December, betting on sustained AI data-centre demand driving multi-year growth cycle.
Vindhya Telelinks plans to double optical fibre cable capacity by December, betting that AI data-centre buildout will sustain a multi-year demand cycle for the copper-to-fibre transition.
The company will add 6 million fibre kilometres of annual capacity at its Haridwar plant, taking total capacity to 12 million, chairman M.L. Choudhary said. The expansion will cost ₹117 crore, funded through internal accruals and debt.
Choudhary cited "huge demand" from data centres and telecom operators as the trigger. The company's current capacity is running near full utilisation, he said.
Vindhya's move follows similar capacity announcements from peers. Sterlite Technologies and Birla Cable have both announced expansions in the last 18 months, as the telecom and data-centre infrastructure cycle picks up.
The expansion gives Vindhya a production base that matches its order-book visibility, Choudhary said, without disclosing current order backlog or utilisation rates. The company reported revenue of ₹2,185 crore for the year ended March 2025.
Vindhya Telelinks shares closed at ₹2,952.95 on the BSE on Wednesday, up 1.2% on the session.
Demand for optical fibre has risen sharply since mid-2023 as telecom operators deployed 5G networks and hyperscalers built fibre backbones for AI training clusters. India's optical fibre cable market is expected to grow at roughly 14% annually through 2028, according to a January report by CRISIL Ratings.
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