India a drag on Amazon's international losses, investments continue

India has been the forefront of Amazon's investments with Jeff Bezos having committed over $5 bn

Amazon saw June-quarter operating losses from international operations, of which India is a large part, widen to $724 million from $135 million a year ago due to heavy investments in data centres and content in a bid to lure more customers to its loyalty programme called Prime. 

The world's largest e-commerce firm has stepped up investments in India — over $600 million in the country, disclosed since January — to set up data centres, improve logistics and payments, besides building local content for its Prime video service that is offered to its loyal subscribers. 

Amazon is also investing more in local data