Amazon Expands India Strategy With a New $35 Billion Investment Plan

• Amazon will invest more than $35 billion in India by 2030, strengthening its long-term expansion.
• The company has already invested nearly $40 billion, shaping a large digital and physical presence.
• Its strategy focuses on AI-driven digitization, faster export growth, and sustained job creation.

Amazon confirmed its long-term commitment to India at the sixth Amazon Smbhav Summit in New Delhi on December 10, 2025. The company announced a new investment plan of more than $35 billion across all its businesses through 2030. This builds on the nearly $40 billion already invested, covering employee compensation and major infrastructure development over the past 15 years.

A new Economic Impact Report by Keystone Strategy detailed how this cumulative investment has shaped Amazon’s presence in the country. The company has become the largest foreign investor in India and a major driver of e-commerce exports. It has also emerged as one of the country’s significant job creators.

The report shows that Amazon has digitized more than 12 million small businesses and enabled $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports. It supported about 2.8 million direct, indirect, induced, and seasonal jobs in 2024 across technology, operations, logistics, and customer support.

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Amazon Drives Job Creation With Network Expansion

Amazon says that their progress is in line with the Indian government’s efforts to make the country a more self-reliant and developed nation. Amazon continues to invest in small businesses through technology, logistics, and training. According to Amazon, these initiatives make it easier for business people to reach local and international markets.

This extends beyond the jobs that Amazon directly employs. Amazon’s business creates jobs within the packaging, transportation, manufacturing, and tech sectors. Thousands of businesses use Amazon’s marketplace platform. This is because Amazon continues to widen its reach, which enhances these sectors due to rising demand and business opportunities.

By the year 2030, Amazon aims to support the generation of 3.8 million jobs in India. This will primarily occur through the development of the fulfillment and delivery network. Such facilities give rise to parallel employment, hence contributing to economic activity. This will take place in different regions, given that the investment will enhance the digital transformation of the country.

Amazon Drives AI Adoption for India’s Digital Future

AI technology will continue to make up one of the pillars of Amazon’s strategy for India until 2030. Amazon aims to provide the benefits of AI technology to 15 million small businesses. They already make use of AI technology-based services for business operations, reach, and inventory management.

For customers, Amazon will continue to innovate with features such as visual discovery, conversational shopping, and multilingual functionality, aimed at overcoming language and literacy barriers. Such features will help make online shopping easier for customers numbering hundreds of millions.

Amazon also aims to support the 4 million government school children with their AI education initiatives. This project will entail learning support, hands-on sandbox sessions, career guidance, and training for educators. According to the firm, their project not only fits the national education strategy for India but will also help democratize technology access.

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