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Amazon to invest over $45 billion in India to expand operations
The Straits Times
|December 11, 2025
Amazon on Dec 10 pledged to invest US$35 billion (S$45.4 billion) in India over the next five years, boosting its spending in the key growth market to expand in businesses from quick commerce to artificial intelligence (AI) cloud computing.
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US tech giants are pouring billions of dollars into India, especially in AI, as they bet on one of the world's fastest-growing digital markets.
E-commerce giant Amazon will invest in areas such as AI and logistics infrastructure, it announced. It said the planned outlay, through 2030, will help create an additional one million jobs in India.
The world's most populous country remains a high-growth market for large US internet firms such as Amazon and Alphabet's Google, even as they have faced regulatory hurdles and stiff local competition.
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