Amazon Invests Additional $13 Billion in AI in India, with a Total Commitment of $48 Billion
Amazon announced on Thursday that it will invest an additional $13 billion to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure layout in India by 2030. This new investment was announced after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, and the funds will mainly be used to expand Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
This is the third consecutive year that Amazon has made a significant investment commitment to India. In 2023, after meeting with Modi, Jassy announced that the company would invest $15 billion by 2030, of which $12.7 billion would be used for AWS. In December 2025, Amazon added over $35 billion in commitments. So far, Amazon’s total investment commitment in India has reached $48 billion.
Amazon did not provide a detailed explanation on how the $48 billion will be distributed among its various business lines in India. The long-term commitments of technology companies typically include both capital expenditures and operating expenses, rather than just new infrastructure investments.
Global tech giants compete to expand India’s AI computing power
Amazon’s statement follows a wave of investment from other global tech companies. These companies are optimistic that India will become the main hub for the computing infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence products. Microsoft announced in December last year that it would invest $17.5 billion in India by 2029; Google announced in October last year that it would invest $15 billion to build AI hubs and data center infrastructure in India.
In addition, India has attracted billions of dollars in data center project commitments from multiple international and local investment institutions, including AirTrunk from Australia, CPP Investments from Canada, as well as local Indian conglomerates Reliance Industries and Adani Group.
The Indian central government has been trying to attract more investment through policy incentives, including tax exemptions for overseas cloud service providers operating in Indian data centers and selling services overseas.
Amazon synchronously strengthens its retail and logistics network
In addition to cloud computing and AI infrastructure, Amazon is also increasing its investment in domestic retail and logistics networks in India. The company plans to open more than 20 fulfillment centers and over 100 end of pipe delivery stations in India this year. This week, Amazon also announced in detail its plan to expand its fast e-commerce service “Amazon Now” to over 300 towns in India.
This expansion comes at a time when Amazon is trying to gain more market share in the fiercely competitive fast e-commerce market in India. In this field, Amazon’s competitors include Blingit under Eternal, Instamart and Zepto under Swiggy, and Flipkart under Wal Mart. Earlier this week, Flipkart also announced plans to open 1500 micro fulfillment centers across India by the end of 2026.