Amazon announced plans to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to millions of Indians by 2030, supporting the Government of India's AI Mission to boost accessibility, productivity, and digital inclusion. The company is on track to invest $12.7 billion in local cloud and AI infrastructure and will bring the benefits of AI to over 15 million small businesses through its different businesses. Amazon has also committed to bringing AI literacy and career awareness to 4 million government-school students by 2030. The company will continue to leverage AI to make shopping easier, and more immersive for hundreds of millions of customers on Amazon.in.
"AI has the potential to be the great equalizer in India-breaking down barriers of language, literacy, and access that have historically held people back," said Samir Kumar, Country Manager, Amazon India. "When a small business owner in a tier-3 city can use AI to create professional product listings in minutes, or a student in a government school learns skills that opens doors to new careers, or a customer shops in their local language without needing to type-that's when technology truly serves everyone. We're building AI infrastructure and tools at scale because we believe every Indian deserves to benefit from this transformation, and we're proud to support the government's AI mission to make it a reality."
On track to invest $12.7B in local cloud and AI infrastructure by 2030: The growing demand for cloud and AI means Amazon continues to invest in local cloud and AI infrastructure, skills, and innovation to help India become a global technology leader. In May 2023, Amazon announced plans to invest US$12.7 billion in India by 2030 into its local cloud and AI infrastructure <https://press.aboutamazon.in/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-invest-inr-105600-crores-us-127-billion-cloud-infrastructure> across Telangana and Maharashtra. AWS has a number of customers in India leveraging its agentic AI capabilities across private and public sector including DigiYatra, Apollo Tyres and Axis Bank. AWS’ focus on skilling is global, and the company is building a pipeline of skilled people ready for an agentic AI future. Since 2017, AWS has trained over 6.2 million individuals in India with cloud skills through several skilling programs such as AWS Skill Builder, AWS Educate, AWS re/Start and recently announced new AI courses.
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