Amazon pours $13B into India data centers — why India is the new AI battleground
amazon committed an additional $13 billion to expand aws data centers in india by 2030, bringing its total investment there to $48 billion. this signals a global shift as tech giants race to secure infrastructure for the coming ai boom.
amazon ceo andy jassy pledged an additional $13 billion to expand aws data center capacity in india, specifically targeting mumbai and hyderabad for ai infrastructure. this brings amazon's total investment in the country to $48 billion, encompassing capital and operating expenditures across cloud, retail, and logistics. the announcement escalates a regional infrastructure arms race with microsoft committing $17.5 billion and google pledging $15 billion to build ai hubs in india. policymakers are actively encouraging this shift by offering tax breaks for foreign cloud providers processing overseas workloads from indian soil.