Arista Networks $1 billion expansion in India is pressing on, with the firm expecting little impact from the Trump Administration’s tariffs on the country.

Arista announced in late July its intentions to invest further in the Indian market, including plans to expand manufacturing in the country.

The White House added a 25% tariff on Indian imports set to take place later this month, adding to the already in place 25% that came into force in early August.

Ashwin Kohli, Arista’s chief customer officer, however, told ETTelecom that the tariffs wouldn’t impact the networking firm’s plans, “even in the U.S.”

“We have manufacturing facilities in the Americas and India. … The impact of the tariffs is uncertain," Kohli said. "But if we can manufacture in India and supply domestically, then our goal would be to get the least cost products to our customers globally.”

Arista recently acquired Broadcom’s VeloCloud SD-WAN platform in a move its executives outlined to SDxCentral as a complement to its existing campus wired and wireless solutions.

In addition to building out its solutions, the networking firm has also been building out what it describes as “AI for networking centers of excellence,” with India among the markets it's been eyeing such facilities.

Kohli said the California-based vendor has spent around $1 billion in India over the past decade, with plans to invest “probably another $1 billion in the next four to five years as well.”

“We have continued to expand our presence across all major regions in India, with strong hubs in Bengaluru, Pune, and Chennai,” the executive said, with its facilities focusing on both hardware and software engineering.

Arista’s "Make in India" initiative announced earlier in the summer will see the vendor support domestic production of data center and campus network switches and enterprise access points, with the firm planning to source critical components locally.

The vendor has been operating in India since its 2004 founding, having recently bolstered its presence in the region following its acquisition of Mojo Networks, a local networking vendor.

India’s 50% tariffs are higher than those slapped on rival manufacturing hubs like China (30%) and Vietnam (20%). President Trump ordered the hike to punish the country for purchasing oil from Russia.