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Amazon has unveiled a sweeping commitment to invest more than $35 billion in India by 2030, marking one of its most aggressive pushes yet into an international market that has quickly become a global battleground for cloud and artificial intelligence dominance. The announcement, delivered at the Amazon Smbhav Summit in New Delhi, builds on nearly $40 billion already deployed across India's e-commerce, logistics, cloud and digital payments ecosystem.
In its statement, Amazon said the fresh investment round will prioritize three strategic pillars: AI-driven digitization, export expansion and large-scale job creation. The
company expects the initiative to help quadruple India-based exports to $80 billion by 2030, deliver AI benefits to 15 million small businesses, and support a projected 3.8 million direct, indirect, induced and seasonal jobs.
Amit Agarwal, Amazon's senior vice president for emerging markets, said the company's long-term alignment with India's national digital agenda remains unchanged. "Looking ahead, we're excited to continue being a catalyst for India's growth, as we democratize access to AI for millions of Indians," he said, noting that Amazon's investment model is designed to accelerate innovation while strengthening local infrastructure.
India has rapidly become a critical arena for AI development, with researchers identifying the country as one of the fastest-growing regions for AI spending in the Asia-Pacific bloc. Deepika Giri, IDC's regional head of big data and AI research, told CNBC that the region still faces a significant shortage of high-performance compute infrastructure required to train and run modern AI models—a gap Amazon and other hyperscalers are now vying to fill.
The investment announcement follows Amazon Web Services' continued expansion of data center regions in India and arrives just days after Microsoft pledged $17.5 billion toward India's AI and cloud systems. That competition underscores India's rise as a preferred destination for Big Tech capital as companies position themselves for the next decade of AI-led growth.
Amazon's impact in India already includes digitizing more than 12 million small businesses, enabling $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports and supporting millions of jobs across logistics, manufacturing, packaging and technology roles.
