India's AI Investment Landscape
India is rapidly progressing in the global artificial intelligence (AI) sector with significant investment commitments. As of 2025, India's cumulative and new investments in AI have surpassed the $20 billion mark, as per estimates from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Private Sector Investments
- India's cumulative private investment in AI from 2013 to 2024 reached $11.1 billion. Including government investments, the total is $12.3 billion.
- India's private sector investment is comparable to Canada and Israel (around $15 billion) and surpasses countries like France ($11 billion), South Korea ($8.96 billion), Japan ($5.9 billion), and Australia ($3.88 billion).
Major Investment Announcements
- Google plans to invest $15 billion to establish an AI data hub in Visakhapatnam over five years—its largest investment outside the US.
- TCS is set to invest $5-7 billion in AI data centers within seven years.
- Reliance has significant AI investment plans, though undisclosed.
- AWS has committed to investing $12.7 billion in India by 2030 for Cloud infrastructure, including AI-ready resources.
- Microsoft has pledged $3 billion towards AI investment in India.
Private Equity and Government Support
- Private equity investments in AI startups have surpassed $5.3 billion by October 2025, with $2.37 billion in generative AI.
- The Indian government has allocated $1.2 billion to support private sector AI GPU infrastructure and LLM companies.
Global Context
- The US leads globally with $471 billion in cumulative private sector AI investments, plus $175 billion in government and public-private initiatives.
- China follows with $119 billion in private investments and $57.8 billion in government funding.
- Saudi Arabia aims to be the Middle East AI hub, with a $100 billion government funding promise.
