Investment : Amazon Web Services to invest USD 12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India

Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced plans to invest $12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India by 2030. Amazon’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) said in a statement that the planned investment in data center infrastructure in India will support an average of 1,31,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs every year across Indian businesses. ,These positions, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering, telecom and other jobs, are part of the data center supply chain in India.

AWS said it plans to invest Rs 1,05,600 crore (US$12.7 billion) in cloud infrastructure in India and its long-term commitment in the country will reach Rs 1,36,500 crore (US$16.4 billion) by 2030. It follows AWS
, 30,900 crore (US$3.7 billion) investment between 2016 and 2022 which will bring its total investment in India to Rs 1,36,500 crore (US$16.4 billion) by 2030 23.3 billion) in India’s total GDP by 2030,” the statement said.

AWS said its investments in India have an impact on the local economy in areas such as workforce development, training and skills opportunities, community engagement and sustainability initiatives.
The company has two data center infrastructure regions in India – the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region, launched in 2016, and the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region, launched in November 2022. “The two AWS regions are designed to provide Indian.

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