Amazon Web Services — India Expansion (Rajasthan AI Campus)

Amazon Web Services has announced major expansion of its India cloud footprint as part of the company's commitment to invest over $12.7 billion in India by 2030. This includes expansion beyond the existing Mumbai (ap-south-1) and Hyderabad (ap-south-2) regions, with additional Indian capacity being explored in partnership with state governments.

The Rajasthan government has actively courted hyperscale data center investment, offering land, power infrastructure development, and favorable data center policy. AWS's India expansion aligns with the Indian government's Semicon India program and the broader push to make India a global AI infrastructure hub.

India's data center demand is driven by the rapid growth of UPI-based digital payments, expanding internet penetration (700+ million users), government digital services (DigiYatra, Aadhaar-based authentication), and a large AI startup ecosystem in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune. AWS AI services including Bedrock (with Indian language model support) and SageMaker are experiencing strong growth in India's enterprise segment. The expansion supports India's ambitions under the AI Mission to deploy large-scale AI infrastructure for strategic national applications.