As per the state government of Telangana, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is said to invest INR 60,000 crore to expand its data centre infrastructure in Telangana. Meetings were held between Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu with senior executives from AWS at the ongoing World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
According to the state government’s press release, "AWS will be expanding its data centres in Hyderabad in a big way with plans for fresh investment of around Rs 60,000 crores. With this AWS Region in Hyderabad will play an increasingly important role in supporting AWS's growth of cloud services in India, including AI in the future."
The AWS was represented by Michael Punke, Vice President, Global Public Policy, wherein, the leaders discussed the Telangana government's supportive role in devising a welcoming environment to establish data center infrastructure in the state, and make the city a strategic importance of the state for AWS's operations in India.
AWS had earlier announced to invest USD 4.4 billion by 2030 to develop its cloud infrastructure in Telangana has developed three sites in the state till date and has made an investment of around USD 1 billion.
These three centres are already operational, wherein, Amazon Web Services has requested the state government for facilitating allocation of additional land for their expansion plans. This plan has been agreed upon by the Government of Telangana, the release said.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said, "We are delighted with the growth of confidence of global businesses like Amazon for making huge investments as never before in our state now. The efforts of the last one year have truly borne fruit. This is TelanganaRising vision at work.”
Furthermore, the press release showcased that Sridhar Babu has highlighted that this deal will make Hyderabad the Data Centres hub of India and an undisputed leader in the space. Amazon is committed to supporting the digital ambitions of Telangana with its expansion plans.
