AWS to Invest USD 7 Billion to Expand Data Centre Expansion in Telangana Over 14 Years

Hyderabad: The Telangana government and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed an agreement under which Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest $7 billion in major expansion of cloud data center infrastructure over the next 14 years.

As part of the agreement signed during the Telangana Emerging Global Summit held on December 8 and 9, the state government will extend a comprehensive set of facilitation measures, infrastructure support and ease of doing business interventions to enable AWS to rapidly scale its data center footprint here, an official statement said on Thursday.

“With the newly announced $7 Billion expansion over the next 14 years, the Hyderabad AWS Region will play a central role in empowering cloud services, AI, startups, enterprises and government platforms across India,” he said.

Welcoming the investment, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said, “We are delighted with the extraordinary trust global leaders like Amazon have shown in Telangana. The scale of this commitment reflects the confidence investors now have in our governance, stability and long-term vision to take Telangana to the $3 trillion target. This is Telangana Rising 2047 in action.”

“This framework agreement represents our continued commitment to support India’s digital transformation and drive innovation across the region,” said Sandeep Dutta, Head of AWS India and South Asia.

“We look forward to contributing to Telangana’s vision of becoming a global technology hub by creating more employment opportunities, supporting local businesses and providing a skilled workforce that will drive India’s digital economy forward,” he said.