Amazon Pours Another $13B Into India's AI and Cloud Infrastructure
The new funding includes $13 billion for AWS data centers and AI services, as Amazon says demand in India is driving expansion.
- On Thursday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, announcing an additional $13 billion investment to expand AI and cloud infrastructure by 2030, bringing the five-year total to $48 billion.
- Growing demand for digital services prompted the company to scale its earlier $35 billion commitment, with the new funds prioritizing expansion of Amazon Web Services data centers in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
- By 2030, Amazon intends to support 3.8 million jobs and enable $80 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports, while extending AI benefits to 15 million small businesses and providing education to 4 million government school students.
- The investment pushes cumulative Amazon commitments in India from 2010 to 2030 to over $88 billion, while rivals Microsoft and Google have pledged $17.5 billion and $15 billion respectively for regional infrastructure.
- Jassy emphasized the company's commitment to being a long-term partner in India's growth, aligning with Modi's vision of a "Viksit and Atmanirbhar Bharat" to democratize AI access and digitize the nation's businesses.
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Amazon pours another $13B into India's AI and cloud infrastructure
Amazon has promised a $13 billion chunk of its mammoth capex plans to build AI and cloud infrastructure in India. The cloud services and software giant has said it expects $200 billion capex for 2026 as, like other vendors in the market, it struggles to build compute capacity to support the expected explosion in demand for AI services. Having announced a $35 billion investment in India in 2025, Amazon's commitments in the country between 2010 an…
The US giant's investment package includes an extra $13 billion to expand AI infrastructure in the country and expand the capacity of its data centers.
Amazon invests an additional $13 billion in India AI and cloud infrastructure
Amazon plans to invest an additional $13 billion to expand artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in India, taking its total investment in the country to $48 billion between 2026 and 2030. These funds will be used to expand AWS data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad, the company said in a statement on Thursday. In...
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