AWS launches second infrastructure region in Hyderabad, plans to invest Rs 36,000 crore in India by 2030

AWS plans to invest an estimated $4.4 billion (approximately Rs 36,300 crore) in India by 2030 through this new region, including capital expenditure on construction of data centres, operational expenses of the ongoing utilities and facility costs, and purchases of goods and services from regional businesses.

“This launch supports India’s digital transformation and is part of our long-term investment in the country since opening our first office in 2011. Customers and partners in India will now have the additional regional infrastructure to deploy applications with greater resilience, availability, and even lower latency,” said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of infrastructure services at AWS.

Further, the investment is expected to support more than 48,000 full-time jobs annually at external businesses during this time.
These jobs will be part of the AWS supply chain in India, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering, telecommunications, and jobs within the country’s broader economy.

The construction and operation of the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region is also estimated to add approximately $7.6 billion (approximately Rs 63,600 crore) to India’s Gross Domestic Product by 2030.

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“As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $1-trillion digital economy vision, the ‘India cloud’ is set for big expansion and innovation. Data centres are an important element of the digital ecosystem. AWS’s investment in expanding their data centres in India is a welcome development that would help catalyse India’s digital economy,” said Rajeev Chandrashekhar, union minister of state for electronics and information technology.

Chandrasekhar said the Indian government’s upcoming National Cloud and Data Centre Policy envisions a significant increase in India’s cloud computing capacity from the current 565 MW to over 2,565 MW in the near future.

Currently, hundreds of thousands of customers in India, including Acko General Insurance, Axis Bank, Clevertap, Digital India Corporation (MeitY), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Government of Telangana, HDFC Bank, Jupiter, Lendingkart, National Skill Development Corporation, PhysicsWallah and Tata Elxsi are on AWS.

“We welcome AWS’s commitment to invest in the AWS Region in Hyderabad, which strengthens Telangana’s position as a progressive data centre hub in India,” said KT Rama Rao, Telangana’s minister for information technology (IT), industries and commerce, municipal administration, and urban development.