Key takeaways

  • Amazon has announced an additional $13 billion to expand and support AI and cloud infrastructure in India.
  • The announcement builds on a $35 billion investment in the country announced by Amazon in 2025.
  • Amazon will also launch more than 20 new fulfillment centers and over 100 new delivery stations across India this year.
  • Amazon’s cumulative investments in India from 2010-2030 stand at over $88 billion.
Amazon has announced plans to invest an additional $13 billion to expand AI and cloud infrastructure in India, taking its total investment in the country to $48 billion between 2026 and 2030.
In 2025, Amazon announced a $35 billion investment across all its businesses in India. This additional $13 billion will expand AWS data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad, giving startups, enterprises, and government organizations access to custom AI chips, managed AI services, secure and reliable cloud technologies, and developer tools to innovate faster, scale further, and serve customers globally.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on June 25 in New Delhi. Jassy thanked Prime Minister Modi for his leadership and highlighted the growing importance of India, where Amazon operates several businesses including ecommerce, AI and cloud, and entertainment among others.
Jassy said: “For over a decade, we have been serving customers, sellers, developers, startups, and enterprises through our different businesses. The response has been tremendous, with strong growth especially across our ecommerce, AI, and cloud businesses.
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“As we grow Amazon in India, our business priorities align with India’s priorities of democratizing access to AI, digitizing small businesses, creating jobs, and enabling exports, and we are investing over $48 billion in the coming five years to meet the strong demand across our business in India and to help India achieve these priorities. We are inspired by Prime Minister Modi’s vision of a Viksit and Atmanirbhar Bharat, we are committed to being a long-term partner in India’s growth story.”
In addition to expanding AI and cloud infrastructure, Amazon will continue investing in the operations network powering its ecommerce and quick commerce business in India. The company plans to launch more than 20 new fulfillment centers and over 100 new last-mile delivery stations this year alone, bringing faster deliveries to customers nationwide, especially in tier 3 and 4 cities. Today, Amazon runs one of the largest, safest, fastest, and the most reliable operations network in India which serves customers in every single pin-code across the country.
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Amazon also recently announced "Sammaan," a program to provide a range of benefits to thousands of delivery associates across the country. Initiatives include scholarships for the education of associates' children, enabling access to government benefits and financial inclusion programs, comprehensive insurance coverage, on-road safety measures, and more. A portion of Amazon India's recently announced $300 million investment in operations and associate well-being will be directed towards strengthening and scaling these initiatives.
Amazon’s investment will positively impact India's economic growth and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Amazon’s cumulative investments in India from 2010-2030 now stand at over $88 billion. Since launching in the country, Amazon has digitized 12 million small businesses, enabled over $20 billion in cumulative ecommerce exports, and supported 2.8 million jobs. Amazon has also trained over 10 million Indians on cloud skills. Through 2030, the company will focus on AI-led digitization, export growth, and job creation. The company has committed to supporting 3.8 million jobs, $80 billion in cumulative exports, enabling AI benefits for 15 million small businesses, and AI education for 4 million government school students. Amazon is already the largest foreign investor in India, the largest enabler of ecommerce exports, and one of the biggest of job creators in the country.
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