Hyperscalers Come to India

How Amazon, Microsoft and Google are investing billions of dollars in Indian cloud regions and data centres, and what this means for Indian businesses.

Hyperscalers, the world’s biggest cloud companies, are investing heavily in India.

Investments

Amazon Web Services announced plans to invest over 12 billion dollars in Indian cloud infrastructure by 2030, with regions in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Microsoft announced 3 billion dollars in January 2025 for cloud and AI infrastructure in India.
Google announced a large AI data centre hub in Visakhapatnam in 2025.

Cloud regions

A cloud region is a cluster of data centres in a location, letting customers keep data nearby with low latency.

Benefits for India

Faster services for Indian users.
Compliance with localisation.
Jobs in construction and operations.
Support for startups and AI.

Competition

Indian players like Reliance Jio (with its cloud and AI plans) and Yotta compete.

States compete

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh offer incentives for data centres.

The low-latency app

An Indian gaming company hosts its servers in a Mumbai cloud region so players experience fast response times.

Thinking global cloud firms serve India from abroad

They're building large cloud regions in India.

Key takeaways

AWS, Microsoft and Google are investing billions in India.
Cloud regions keep data nearby with low latency.
Benefits include speed, compliance and jobs.
States compete with incentives.