AWS to invest USD 12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India

AWS to invest USD 12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India

Mumbai, May 18 (PTI) Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced plans to invest USD 12.7 billion in cloud infrastructure in India by 2030 as it looks to meet growing customer demand for cloud services in the country.

The planned investment in data centre infrastructure in India will support an estimated average of 1,31,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs in Indian businesses each year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) -- Amazon's cloud computing unit -- said in a statement.

These positions, including construction, facility maintenance, engineering, telecommunications and other jobs, are part of the data centre supply chain in India.