Since 2016, AWS has invested more than $3.7bn in Maharashtra’s cloud infrastructure. Credit: © 1996-2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform of Amazon, has pledged to invest more than Rs1.29trn ($15bn) to expand its cloud infrastructure in India.  

The cloud services provider is set to channel $8.3bn into the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region in the state of Maharashtra.  

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Projections indicate that AWS’s investment will add $15.3bn to India’s gross domestic product.  

In addition, it is expected to sustain more than 81,300 full-time jobs annually by 2030, across various sectors including telecommunications, construction, electricity generation, and data centre operations. 

This financial pledge forms part of a larger $12.7bn investment earmarked for India’s cloud infrastructure by 2030. 

AWS and the Government of Maharashtra formalised the investment plan in January 2025, during the World Economic Forum in Davos.  

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Since 2016, AWS has invested more than $3.7bn in Maharashtra’s cloud infrastructure.  

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said: “I am pleased to announce the signing of a landmark MoU with Amazon Web Services, one of the foremost hyperscalers in the world. AWS’s decision to set up its operations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is a pivotal moment for Maharashtra.” 

AWS has also disclosed plans for an additional investment of Rs600bn ($7.2bn) to expand its data centre infrastructure in the Indian state of Telangana.  

This announcement emerged from discussions between chief minister A Revanth Reddy, IT and industries minister D Sridhar Babu, and senior AWS executives at Davos.  

To date, AWS has already allocated approximately $4.4bn towards developing its cloud infrastructure in Telangana, with three operational sites established through an investment nearing $1bn.