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Amazon on Thursday said it would invest an additional $13 billion to expand its AI and cloud footprint in India through 2030.<\/p>\n
The fresh investment, announced<\/a> after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, will fund the expansion of Amazon Web Services\u2019 data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad.<\/p>\n The announcement marks Amazon\u2019s third major commitment for India in as many years. In 2023, following a meeting between Jassy and Modi, the company said it would invest $15 billion<\/a> by 2030, including $12.7 billion<\/a> for Amazon Web Services. It followed that with an over $35 billion commitment<\/a> in December 2025. The company\u2019s investment commitments in the country now total $48 billion.<\/p>\n Amazon did not detail how the total $48 billion would be deployed across its India businesses. Long-term commitments by technology companies usually include both capital and operating expenditures, rather than only new infrastructure spending.<\/p>\n Amazon\u2019s announcement follows a wave of investments by global technology companies that are betting that India will become a major hub for the computing infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence products. Microsoft<\/a> said in December it would invest $17.5 billion in India by 2029, and Google<\/a> said in October it would spend $15 billion to build an AI hub and data center infrastructure in the country.<\/p>\n India has also attracted billions of dollars in commitments for data center projects from investors including Australia\u2019s AirTrunk<\/a>, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board\u2019s CPP Investments<\/a>, and domestic conglomerates Reliance Industries<\/a> and Adani Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Delhi has sought to attract more investment through policy incentives, including tax exemptions<\/a> for foreign cloud providers on services sold overseas if those workloads are run from Indian data centers.<\/p>\n Amazon is also investing in its domestic retail and logistics network. The company plans to open more than 20 fulfillment centers, and over 100 last-mile delivery stations this year, and this week it detailed plans to expand its quick-commerce service, Amazon Now, to more than 300 cities<\/a> and towns in the country.<\/p>\n The expansion comes as Amazon seeks to gain ground in India\u2019s crowded quick commerce market, where it competes with Eternal-owned Blinkit, Swiggy\u2019s Instamart, Zepto, and Walmart-owned Flipkart. Earlier this week, Flipkart said it plans to open 1,500 micro-fulfillment centers<\/a> across the country by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n