India is increasingly becoming a hotspot for massive investment by global tech giants, particularly in AI and cloud infrastructure. This week, two of the world’s biggest tech companies, Microsoft and Amazon, announced a combined investment of over $52 billion in India.
These latest investment plans by Amazon and Microsoft follow investment announcements by Google and Meta, the two other tech majors, in India’s booming AI and cloud infrastructure sector.
Here is a closer look at this week’s major tech investments-
Amazon – $35 billion investment
On Wednesday, Amazon announced that it plans to invest over $35 billion in India by 2030. The company said that the latest investment will focus on AI-driven digitisation, export growth and job creation.
Amazon’s latest announcement will take its total investment in the country to about $75 billion by the end of the decade, as the company has invested close to $40 billion in India since its entry in 2030.
Earlier, the global e-commerce giant had planned to invest about $26 billion by 2030. The announcement for an increased investment comes as the company doubles down on quick commerce and plans to increase export sales to $80 billion from the current $20 billion.
Microsoft – $175 billion investment
On Tuesday, global tech giant Microsoft announced that it will invest $17.5 billion in India between 2026 and 2029. The company said that the investment comes as part of its plans to expand the country’s cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure and scale skilling programmes.
The latest investment announcement comes on top of Microsoft’s January announcement to invest $3 billion in India by the end of 2026. Microsoft stated the latest investment will support the expansion and operations of its hyper-scaled data centres and AI footprint across the country.
Google and Meta invest in data centres
Earlier in October, Google announced its plans to invest $15 billion over the next five years to set up a hyper-scale data centre for an artificial intelligence hub in India. “It’s the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world outside of the US,” Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said at the time.
For the same, Google has partnered with Adani Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India.
Similarly, Meta has also partnered with Reliance Industries to develop AI infrastructure. The two companies have planned to invest Rs 855 crore in the sector.