Cloud technologies provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a plan to invest US$8.3 billion into cloud infrastructure in the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region in Maharashtra, a state in the western peninsular region of India, to further expand cloud computing capacity in the country.
The Government of Maharashtra and AWS exchanged a signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) late last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos to formalise the investment plan.
AWS estimates that this investment could contribute US$15.3 billion to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) and support more than 81,300 full-time jobs annually in the local data centre supply chain by 2030.
This would include roles in industries such as telecommunications, non-residential construction, electricity generation, facilities maintenance, and data centre operations.
The US$8.3 billion investment is part of AWS’s previously announced US$12.7 billion investment in cloud infrastructure in India by 2030 to meet growing customer demand for cloud services across the country.
AWS says it is empowering public sector organisations to build innovative cloud-based solutions for the country’s healthcare insurance, e-procurement, and banking sectors.
AWS adds that it has already invested more than US$3.7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in Maharashtra between 2016 and 2022.
AWS launched its first cloud infrastructure region in India – the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region – in 2016. AWS introduced its second cloud infrastructure region in India – the AWS Asia-Pacific (Hyderabad) Region – in 2022. Both AWS Regions enable customers to securely store their data within India.
