Amazon Web Services bets big on India's talent in the global AI race

Amazon Web Services is investing $12.7 billion in India, banking on its developer base and infrastructure to shape the future of artificial general intelligence

With artificial general intelligence (AGI) inching closer and the US locked in a high-stakes tech rivalry with China, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making a bold but quiet move — and India is an important part.

 

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is betting big on India, as the country aims to become a major force in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race. It is making investments into infrastructure (infra) that could help shape who controls the computing backbone of tomorrow’s most advanced AI systems.

 

In 2023, the company announced investment of $12.7 billion through 2030 for building its cloud infrastructure and