Amazon AWS: Amazon plans data center expansion in Hyderabad, India

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed its plans to expand its data center presence in Hyderabad, India with investment in the Telangana region. The discussions were held in California in the US, and have seen AWS express a desire to expand its data center facilities and workforce in Hyderabad. 
 

Babu said of the discussion: "AWS has designated Hyderabad as a strategic region and three big data centers are already operational. They shared plans for further expanding their business, including a new hyperscale data center in Hyderabad that is critical for AI/ML-enabled (artificial intelligence/machine learning) services. Our talks with Amazon were extremely positive and successful. We assured the corporation that we would provide them with the best incentives and complete support to make their goals in Hyderabad successful. We expect [a] huge expansion of their presence in our State.”

Kerry Person, VP of AWS' data center planning and delivery added following the meeting: “We expect the AWS Region in Hyderabad will play an increasingly important role in supporting AWS’s growth of cloud services in India, including Artificial Intelligence in the near future.”