Amazon said on Thursday it will invest a further $13 billion in India by 2030, taking its planned investment in the country to $48 billion over the next five years as it expands artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure to meet rising demand.

The announcement came after a meeting in New Delhi between Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Amazon, the new funding builds on a $35 billion investment programme announced in 2025 and will be directed towards expanding Amazon Web Services data centre capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Amazon said the additional investment would give startups, enterprises and government organisations greater access to AI services, cloud technologies and developer tools. Reuters reported that Jassy said in a post on X that Amazon was investing "$48 billion over the coming five years, including $21+ billion in AI and cloud infrastructure".

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."

The company said the investment programme extends beyond cloud infrastructure and will include further expansion of its logistics network. Amazon plans to open more than 20 new fulfilment centres and more than 100 last-mile delivery stations across India this year, with a focus on improving delivery speeds in smaller tier three and tier four cities.

Jassy said: "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."

Amazon said its cumulative investments in India between 2010 and 2030 will now exceed $88 billion. The company said it has digitised 12 million small businesses, supported 2.8 million jobs, enabled more than $20 billion in ecommerce exports and trained over 10 million people in cloud skills since entering the market.

Reuters noted that major US technology companies are increasing spending on AI and cloud infrastructure in India. Microsoft has pledged $17.5 billion for AI and cloud investments in the country, while Google has committed $15 billion over the next five years to develop AI data centres.

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