Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy on Thursday.
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Amazon plans to invest an additional $13 billion in India, raising its total planned investment in the country to $48 billion by 2030, Global CEO Andy Jassy announced on Thursday after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This update comes just six months after the e-commerce giant initially pledged $35 billion in new investments by 2030.“As we grow Amazon in India, our business priorities continue to align with India’s priorities of democratising access to AI, digitising small businesses, creating jobs, and enabling exports. We are investing over $48 billion in the coming five years to meet the strong demand across our business in India and to help the country achieve these priorities,” Jassy stated. He added that Amazon is committed to being a long-term partner in India’s growth story.Really enjoyed my meeting with Prime Minister @narendramodi about what's ahead for Amazon in India.We've been serving customers, sellers, developers, startups, and enterprises in India for more than a decade and just getting started. Shared that we're investing $48 billion… pic.twitter.com/CSiwPTiEBh— Andy Jassy (@ajassy) June 25, 2026Infra boostThe additional investments will go into boosting its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country by expanding AWS data centre capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad. “It will give startups, enterprises and government organisations access to custom AI chips, managed AI services, secure and reliable cloud technologies and developer tools to innovate faster, scale rapidly, and serve customers globally,” Jassey said.With Amazon making investments of $21 billion in supporting AI and cloud infrastructure alone, it makes it one of the leading global AI and cloud infrastructure investors in India, besides being the country’s largest foreign investor. Amazon’s cumulative investments in India from 2010 to 2030 now stand at over $88 billion.Robust demandJassy noted the growing importance of India, where Amazon operates several businesses, including e-commerce, AI and cloud, and entertainment, among others. He added that the company’s India business is on “ a strong growth trajectory”, witnessing robust customer demand, especially in its e-commerce and AWS businesses. By 2030, Amazon plans to support 3.8 million jobs, enable $ 80 billion in e-commerce exports, and bring the benefits of AI to 15 million small businesses and four million government school students, he added.The e-commerce major also said that it is continuing to ramp up its operations network and plans to open more than 20 new fulfilment centres and over 100 new last-mile delivery stations this year in the country.Jassy, who is on an India visit, met with start-up founders, who are building in voice technology, robotics, edtech, health tech and digital public infrastructure, later in the day. The discussion saw the participation of founders of PhysicsWallah, EqualAI, Manav Robotics, Digi Yatra Foundation and smallest.ai among others.He was in Mumbai on Wednesday and visited an Amazon Now micro-fulfilment centre, as the company plans to expand quick-commerce delivery service to over 300 cities to build the “country’s largest delivery-in-minutes network.” “And what we’ve learned building it here is now helping us scale it across the US and around the world,” Jassy said.Published on June 25, 2026
