Noida, June 25 (APAC Media): Amazon on Thursday announced plans to invest an additional $13 billion in India by 2030 to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure, taking its total planned investment in AI and cloud technologies in the country to more than $21 billion between 2026 and 2030.
The announcement was made after Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, where the two discussed India’s growing digital economy and the company’s long-term commitment to the country.
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The fresh investment will be used to expand Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad, enabling startups, enterprises and government organizations to access advanced AI technologies, custom AI chips, cloud services and developer tools.
“We came to India over a decade ago and have since been serving customers, sellers, developers, start-ups and enterprises through our different businesses. The response has been tremendous, with strong growth especially across our ecommerce, AI, and cloud businesses,” Jassy said.
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“As we grow Amazon in India, our business priorities continue to align with India’s priorities of democratizing access to AI, digitizing small businesses, creating jobs, and enabling exports. We are investing over $48 billion in the coming five years to meet the strong demand across our business in India,” Jassy added.
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!@amazon https://t.co/emr6Dd9Cps
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2026
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According to the company, Amazon’s cumulative investments in India from 2010 to 2030 will exceed $88 billion. Through 2030, the company plans to invest a total of $48 billion across its businesses, including ecommerce, cloud computing, AI and digital entertainment.
AWS said the expanded infrastructure will provide Indian customers access to advanced technologies such as Trainium AI chips and Amazon Bedrock.
Hundreds of thousands of enterprises, startups and government agencies are already using AWS services, including the National Health Authority, Government e-Marketplace, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Delhivery and Physics Wallah.
Amazon also announced the launch of “Sammaan”, a welfare programme for delivery associates across its logistics network.
The initiative includes scholarships for children of delivery associates, access to government welfare schemes, insurance coverage and enhanced road safety measures.
Amazon will expand its Ashray rest centres to 250 locations this year.
The company said a portion of its recently announced $300 million investment in operations and associate well-being will support these initiatives.
Amazon noted it has digitized 12 million small businesses in India, enabled more than $20 billion in cumulative ecommerce exports and supported 2.8 million jobs. By 2030, the company aims to support 3.8 million jobs, generate $80 billion in cumulative exports and provide AI-related education to 4 million government school students across the country.
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