Amazon's India Bet Could Fuel AI Revolution

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to restructure and revolutionise the AI industry in India. It had announced earlier that it will invest $12.7 billion in India by 2030 to expand cloud infrastructure and bolster its generative AI capabilities, according to a report by Business Standard. The investment was announced, reflecting Amazon’s growing confidence in India's potential to become a global AI superpower, alongside the US and China.

The plan includes building out large-scale data centres, AI-accelerated computing capacity, and network infrastructure across key Indian regions, particularly Mumbai and Hyderabad. “We are in an unprecedented time when it comes to AI, in terms of what it is able to do,” said Sivasubramanian, a former White House AI competitiveness advisor. “Indian builders are incredibly passionate, curious, and excited to embrace new technologies.”

Cloud and AI Innovation to Drive Economic Impact

The investment is expected to:

• Support enterprise and public sector AI adoption through platforms like Amazon Q Business, Bedrock, and SageMaker.
  
  
• Spark the rollout of AWS Marketplace India by late 2025 — potentially doing for software what UPI did for fintech.
  
  
• Add over 81,000 full-time jobs annually in Maharashtra alone.
  
  
• Contribute around $15 billion to India’s GDP by 2030.