Bengaluru, Jan. 9 -- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is attempting to shake off its reputation as a staid IT outsourcer.

In the last three months alone, the company has announced its largest acquisition since going public, committed billions of dollars to data centre infrastructure, and moved closer to securing a rare billion-dollar contract.

On 10 December, TCS agreed to acquire tech consulting firm Coastal Cloud for $700 million in cash-its biggest deal since listing in 2004-a move expected to bolster its Salesforce software capabilities.

This acquisition came less than three months after TCS announced its biggest pivot, which is a $6.5 billion investment over six years to build 1GW of data centre capacity. This move underscores ...