2025-12-11 11:02:05
Amazon has committed to investing over $35 billion to India’s cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) space.
The pledge, which was unveiled at an Amazon summit in New Delhi on Wednesday (10.12.25), builds on nearly $40 billion that the tech behemoth has already invested into the Asian country.
Amazon says that the funds will target AI-driven digitisation, export growth and job creation to align with India’s priorities to build up its local AI environment.
The firm says that the plan is set to generate an additional one million direct, indirect and seasonal jobs in India by 2030, as well as quadrupling exports to $80 billion and delivering the benefits of AI to 15 million small businesses.
Amit Agarwal, Senior VP Emerging Markets, Amazon, said: “We are humbled to have been a part of India’s digital transformation journey over the past 15 years, with Amazon’s growth in India perfectly aligned with the vision of an Atmanirbhar and Viksit Bharat.
“We have invested at scale in growing the physical and digital infrastructure for small businesses in India, creating millions of jobs, and taking Made-in-India global.”
The investment highlights Amazon’s faith in India’s booming digital economy and maintains the country’s status as one of the fastest-growing regions for AI spending in Asia.
Deepika Giri, IDC’s regional head of research for big data and AI, told CNBC: “A major gap, and therefore a significant opportunity, lies in the shortage of suitable computer infrastructure for running AI models.”
Amazon’s investment comes after fellow tech giant Microsoft committed $17.5 billion to strengthen the nation’s AI ecosystem earlier this week.
Additionally, Google announced a $15 billion investment to build an AI data hub in October.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a post on X: “When it comes to AI, the world is optimistic about India.”
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