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Amazon to bet $35 billion more on India
Mint Hyderabad
|December 11, 2025
will have to drive substantial innovation and solutions across multiple aspects to serve the next wave of nearly 200 million customers who are expected to come onto online platforms over the next decade,” he added.
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India is already one of Amazon's largest marketplaces.
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The Amazon announcement is the biggest in a series of similar blockbuster plans from multinationals. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced its largest-ever Asian investment in India, committing $17.5 billion over four years. On 14 October, Google Cloud announced a $15 billion investment over five years. Earlier, a Reliance Industries-Brookfield-Digital Realty joint venture said it will invest $11 billion to build a data centre.
India is already one of Amazon's largest marketplaces, and the company expects it to remain so, said Russell Grandinetti, Amazon's senior vice-president for international stores.
This story is from the December 11, 2025 edition of Mint Hyderabad.
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