American tech giants pump billions into India's data hubs: Report

American technology giants are pouring tens of billions of dollars into India as the country emerges as a key global hub for data centres and Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, a New York Times report detailed on Saturday.

The daily said that investments - led by Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta - are reshaping India’s digital landscape and underscoring the scale of global demand for data storage and com-puting power.

Microsoft has committed $17.5 billion to Artificial Intelligence projects in India, while Amazon has announced plans to invest $35 billion in AI-driven initiatives across the country over the next five years.

Google has pledged $15 billion for data centres through partnerships with Indian conglomerates Adani Group and Bharti Airtel. Meta is also building a major facility near Google’s planned sites, alongside projects by other Indian industrial houses.

Altogether, the commitments total at least $67.5 billion, making the push one of the largest sin-gle-sector investment waves India has seen.

“This is going to be one of the largest single-sector investments that India’s ever seen,” Somnath Mukherjee, Chief Investment Officer at ASK Wealth Advisors in Mumbai, was quoted as saying by The New York Times.