Amazon opens its largest campus building in Hyderabad to take on Walmart

Built in Hyderabad over three years, the campus spans 1.8 million square feet of office space and will accommodate 15,000 workers

Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday opened its largest campus building globally in the south Indian city of Hyderabad as it prepares for a furious expansion and battle with nemesis Walmart Inc. in one of the world’s fastest-growing retail markets.

The Seattle-headquartered company is making an ambitious push in India, the last major retail frontier still primarily reliant on small-scale neighborhood and mom-and-pop stores. “E-commerce is so small in India relative to the total consumption, less than 3%,” said Amit Agarwal, Amazon’s country manager for India.

The largely untapped country is critical to the global domination plans of both Amazon and Walmart,