Key takeaways:
- Amazon’s expansion of its data centre operations in Hyderabad is part of the recently announced $48 billion investment by Amazon in India, of which $21 billion will go towards cloud and AI infrastructure from 2026 to 2030.
- Through the Amazon Data Centre Skilling program, the company has trained 250 students in Telangana on data centre operations and has hired 110 of these students into the AWS Data Centre Operations team.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) broke ground on a new data centre in Hyderabad alongside the Honourable Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri A. Revanth Reddy, marking the continued expansion of the AWS (Asia Pacific) Hyderabad Region. The ceremony signals Amazon's deepening commitment to India's digital future as artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud demand accelerates across the country.
“The foundation stone laying for the Amazon Web Services data centre in Bharat Future City will serve as a stepping stone for a wide range of investments and businesses to come forward and invest in Bharat Future City. We are building a world-class city in Bharat Future City with the best of infrastructure. I congratulate the AWS team on this development," says Shri A. Revanth Reddy, Chief Minister of Telangana.
“Since we launched AWS infrastructure in Hyderabad back in 2022, we have deepened our investment and commitment to build sustainable cloud data centre operations in the State of Telangana to help meet the growing demands of Digital India and the India AI Mission,” says Anurag Khilnani, AWS Director of Data Centre Delivery. “The support of the State Government of Telangana has been essential to fast-tracking the build of India’s digital backbone in Hyderabad. We look forward to continuing to invest in the State of Telangana into the local data centre supply chain, local workforce and the local community to serve India's growing digital and AI ambitions.”
Amazons $21 billion investment in cloud infrastructure in India
Amazon is scaling its infrastructure investments to support the nation's Digital India ambitions. By the end of 2025, Amazon invested more than $1.3 billion in cloud infrastructure in the AWS (Asia Pacific) Hyderabad Region. The company now plans to invest over $21 billion into cloud infrastructure in India from 2026 to 2030, establishing it as one of the largest global AI and cloud infrastructure investors in the country. This is part of the $48 billion planned investment recently announced by CEO Andy Jassy across the company’s businesses in India.
The cloud investment will expand AWS data centre capacity in Hyderabad and Mumbai, giving startups, enterprises and government organisations access to custom AI chips, hundreds of cloud and managed AI services, secure and reliable cloud technologies and developer tools to innovate faster, scale further and serve customers globally.
“Amazon Web Services’ decision to significantly expand its data centre footprint in Telangana is a strong endorsement of our vision to make the state India’s AI and cloud capital. As AI transforms every sector, data centres have become the foundational infrastructure of the digital economy," says Shri D. Sridhar Babu, Minister for Information Technology and Industries, Government of Telangana. "Telangana has created an ecosystem where progressive policies, reliable infrastructure, abundant clean energy, world-class talent and ease of doing business come together to enable global-scale investments. Hyderabad is not only serving India’s growing digital economy but is increasingly powering global innovation. We welcome AWS’s continued confidence in Telangana and remain committed to building the country’s most future-ready digital infrastructure ecosystem.”
Building the workforce for India's digital future
Amazon is also building career pathway programmes to create a talent pipeline for data centre infrastructure in India.
The Amazon Data Centre Skilling Program in India, now in its fourth year, equips participants with the technical skills needed to build careers in data centre operations. Developed in partnership with the AWS Data Centre Operations team, the program provides theoretical and hands-on training in Critical Facilities Operations Management and Critical Compute Operations to students in Hyderabad. Recently, the fourth cohort of 51 students graduated from the program at Vardhaman Engineering College in Shamshabad, Telangana, bringing the total number of candidates trained in Hyderabad to 250. Amazon has hired 110 of the 250 students into the AWS Data Centre Operations team.
The Amazon Data Centre Skilling Program is part of Amazon's broader commitment to workforce skilling and development in India. AWS has trained more than 10 million individuals in India in cloud skills since 2017 through programs such as AWS Skill Builder, AWS Educate, and AWS re/Start. Through such initiatives, AWS aims to provide cloud computing skills training, helping individuals from diverse backgrounds build careers in technology. The programme in Telangana creates pathways to employment in the technology sector while supporting the state's digital infrastructure ecosystem.
India’s highly skilled talent working at AWS
AWS data centres are powered by people with extraordinary skills, many of whom bring experience from industries far beyond technology. The kind of roles AWS hires for include data centre engineers, support engineers, network specialists, engineering operations managers, security specialists and many more.
Sapna, a retired Major from the Indian Army Air Defence who served for over 12 years leading complex missions, joined the AWS Data Centre Operations team in April 2024, transitioning within a month of her retirement.
"Data centre operations is a natural fit for someone from a mission-critical background. The stakes are real, ensuring infrastructure availability and keeping systems running for millions of customers every day. The transition wasn't about starting over; it was about channelling the same discipline and drive into a new mission. AWS gave me a well-structured onboarding plan, incredible support from leadership and peers, and a culture that values the precision and accountability we practiced every day in uniform. My experience wasn't just transferable — it's an advantage."
Sai spent nearly 14 years in the paper manufacturing industry managing end-to-end maintenance and commissioning of critical power plant equipment at ITC-PSPD and Andhra Paper Limited. In March 2024, he joined the AWS Data Centre Engineering Operations team in Hyderabad, drawn by the conviction that cloud infrastructure is the backbone of an AI-powered future.
"After 14 years in traditional manufacturing, the opportunity to work at the company building the world's cloud infrastructure was too compelling to pass up. AWS didn't see my non-data centre tech background as a limitation, they saw it as an asset. The onboarding was tailored for tenured professionals, my leaders understood the journey, and the team diversity meant I wasn't alone on a non-traditional path. Today, I'm growing as a complete engineer, exposed to electrical, controls, civil, and fire protection systems at a scale and precision unlike anything before. AWS Leadership Principles aren't words on a wall, they're lived daily. This culture makes AWS exceptional and makes me proud to be here."
Today's groundbreaking to mark AWS’ expansion of its operations in Hyderabad represents more than a single building going up. It's AWS’ long-term commitment to Digital India and the India AI Mission, from training students to hiring highly skilled local talent, and building India’s digital future together.
