CM Revanth Reddy Meets Amazon Team, Discusses TS Expansion Plans

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday met representatives of global e-commerce operator Amazon at the Secretariat to discuss the company’s investment and expansion plans in the state.

Official sources said that the discussions centred around Amazon Web Services (Asia Pacific Region-Hyderabad) plans to increase its investment from its previously committed Rs 20,096 crore ($2.7 billion) in 2020 to Rs 36,300 crore ($4.4 billion) by 2030, which is one of the highest Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in Telangana. The company made an announcement to this effect in January 2023 and the Chief Minister enquired about the progress of expansion plans.

Sources said that the Amazon Web Services team informed Revanth Reddy that it would invest in three data centre campuses at Chandanvelly, FAB City, and Yacharam in phases.

The three data centres are an integral part of AWS's effort to strengthen its cloud infrastructure to better serve its Indian and overseas clients while giving them more cloud regions to choose from.

All three data centres have completed their initial phases, and users may now avail them to access cloud services. The new data centres will spur more innovation and growth for many enterprises, startups, and public sector organisations in India.

Apart from the data centre investments, Hyderabad has been a preferred destination for Amazon in India. Both AWS’s largest campus in the world and Amazon’s first and one of its largest fulfilment centres are based in Hyderabad.

The state government is also actively working with AWS’s cloud practice and has hosted some of its projects on AWS to harness the advantages provided by cloud computing.

The state government is collaborating with AWS to improve e-governance, healthcare and municipal operations to benefit the public.