Amazon is upping its ante on India with a new $13 billion investment in AI infrastructure

Amazon on Thursday said it will invest an additional $13 billion to expand its AI and cloud footprint in India through 2030.

Fresh investment Announce After Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, it will fund the expansion of Amazon Web Services’ data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad.

This announcement marks Amazon’s third major commitment to India in as many years. In 2023, after a meeting between Jassy and Modi, the company said it would do so Investment of 15 billion dollars By 2030, Including $12.7 billion Amazon Web Services. This was followed up with A commitment of more than $35 billion In December 2025. The company’s total investment commitments in the country now stand at $48 billion.

Amazon did not provide details on how the total $48 billion will be distributed across its business in India. Long-term commitments by technology companies typically include capital and operating expenditures, not just spending on new infrastructure.

Amazon’s announcement comes after a wave of investments by global technology companies betting that India will become a major hub for the computing infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence products. Microsoft It said in December that it would invest $17.5 billion in India by 2029 Google It said in October that it would spend $15 billion to build an artificial intelligence center and data center infrastructure in the country.

India has also attracted multi-billion dollar commitments for data center projects from investors including Australia AirTrunk, Canada Pension Plan Investments CPPand local blocs Reliance Industries and Adani Group.

New Delhi has sought to attract more investment through political incentives, including… Tax exemptions to foreign cloud service providers on services sold abroad if these workloads are run from Indian data centers.

Amazon is also investing in its local retail and logistics network. The company plans to open more than 20 fulfillment centers and more than 100 last-mile delivery stations this year, and this week detailed plans to expand its express commerce service, Amazon Now, to include… More than 300 cities And cities in the country.

The expansion comes as Amazon seeks to make gains in India’s crowded express commerce market, competing with Eternal-owned Blinkit, Swiggy’s Instamart, Zepto and Walmart-owned Flipkart. Earlier this week, Flipkart said it was planning to do so Opened 1,500 centers to fulfill small orders Across the country by the end of 2026.