Amazon has announced a sweeping expansion of its India commitments, with CEO Andy Jassy revealing an additional $13 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday, bringing the company's total planned outlay in India to $48 billion between 2026 and 2030.
The fresh capital will expand AWS data centre capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad, giving startups, enterprises, and government organisations access to custom AI chips, managed AI services, secure cloud technologies, and developer tools. Amazon's total planned AI and cloud infrastructure investment through 2030 now stands at over $21 billion, making it one of the largest global AI and cloud infrastructure investors in the country.
Amazon's cumulative investment in India since 2010, including the latest commitment, now totals over $88 billion, a figure that underlines the scale of the company's long-term bet on one of the world's fastest-growing digital economies.
Jassy's Vision for India
In a statement following the Modi meeting, Jassy said Amazon's priorities in India align with the country's own, including democratising access to AI, digitising small businesses, creating employment, and enabling exports. He cited Amazon Now, the company's ultra-fast delivery service, as an example of an innovation first developed in India that is now being replicated globally. Jassy said the service has seen orders double every quarter since its launch, making it the fastest-growing business unit in Amazon India's history, with plans to extend it to more than 300 Indian cities.
Broader Tech Race
The announcement is the latest in a series of large-scale technology investments directed at India, as hyperscalers race to establish infrastructure footholds in a market of 1.4 billion people with rapidly expanding internet penetration. In December last year, Amazon had already pledged $35 billion, the new $13 billion takes that earlier commitment further, in a market where rivals including Microsoft and Google have also announced multi-billion-dollar data centre plans.
For India, the significance goes beyond hardware. AWS infrastructure gives domestic developers, government bodies, and enterprises direct access to frontier AI tooling, a priority as the country pushes to position itself as a major player in the global AI economy.