Microsoft, among the top cloud and AI providers in India, operates three datacenter regions in India and plans to make its fourth ready to go live next year, the company said. The $3 billion investment will be deployed to develop a scalable AI computing ecosystem to serve India’s AI startups and research community.

Microsoft will invest about $3 billion to expand capacity for artificial intelligence and its Azure cloud-computing services in India, CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.

IT major Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion in India for the expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure in the country, the company's chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday outlined the company’s plans to invest $3 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in India. "I am excited to announce the single largest expansion we have ever done in India by putting $3 billion additional dollars to expand our Azure capacity," Nadella said at the Microsoft AI Tour held in BIEC, Bengaluru.

Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $3 billion in India in cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure and skilling over the next two years, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on his visit to India.

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, during his visit to India, has announced the company’s plans to invest $3 billion in India in cloud, AI infrastructure, and skilling over the next two years, including the establishment of new data centers. This is the single largest expansion Microsoft has done in India, he said.

IT major Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion in India for expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure in India, the company's chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.

The company plans to grow the company’s Azure cloud business in India and set up new data centers.

Microsoft will invest about $3 billion to expand capacity for artificial intelligence (AI) and its Azure cloud-computing services in India, CEO Satya Nadella said at an event on Tuesday. (Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru;

Over half of the investment is reserved for infrastructure. Microsoft President Brad Smith frames AI investment as key to economic growth.