Amazon Pledges Fresh $13 Bn to Scale Up AI, Cloud Infrastructure in India

New Delhi: Amazon has announced a fresh $13 billion investment in India focused on expanding its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, bringing its total committed investment in the country to $48 billion by 2030. The announcement came during Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s ongoing visit to India, where he held a high-profile meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

The new commitment follows Amazon’s December 2025 pledge of over $35 billion, making this the third major financial announcement for India in just a few years. The fresh capital will be channeled into scaling Amazon Web Services’ data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad, two cities central to India’s booming digital economy.

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Sharing his thoughts after the meeting, Jassy wrote on X, “Really enjoyed my meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what’s ahead for Amazon in India. We’ve been serving customers, sellers, developers, startups, and enterprises in India for more than a decade and are just getting started.”

Prime Minister Modi also welcomed the development warmly, posting on X, “A great meeting with Mr. Andy Jassy. I welcome Amazon’s record $48 billion investment in India. This will create new opportunities for our youth. At the same time, it shows the growing interest across the world to invest in India!”

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Looking at the broader picture, Amazon’s cumulative investments in the country from 2010 through 2030 are projected to cross $88 billion, reflecting just how central India has become to the tech giant’s long-term growth strategy.

Amazon’s move is part of a wider wave of global technology investment flooding into India. Microsoft has committed $17.5 billion through 2029, and Google has pledged $15 billion toward building an AI hub and data center network. India’s government has actively encouraged this influx through policy measures including tax exemptions for foreign cloud providers running overseas workloads from Indian data centers.

On the retail side, Amazon is simultaneously expanding its on-ground presence, with plans to open more than 20 new fulfillment centers and over 100 last-mile delivery stations this year. Its quick-commerce platform, Amazon Now, is set for a major rollout across more than 300 cities and towns, intensifying its battle with Blinkit, Swiggy’s Instamart, Zepto, and Walmart-backed Flipkart.