Amazon (AMZN.US) invests an additional US$233 million in India to consolidate logistics infrastructure and technology upgrades

The Zhitong Finance App learned that Amazon (AMZN.US) announced on Thursday that it will invest more than 20 billion rupees (about US$233 million) in India in 2025 to expand and upgrade operational infrastructure, develop new technology for logistics fulfillment networks, and improve delivery security.

The company added that the investment was based on its previous construction of an operational network — the previous investment had achieved delivery coverage to all serviceable postal code regions in India.

As an e-commerce giant competing with Flipkart (WMT.US) and billionaire Reliance Retail (Reliance Retail) in the Indian market, Amazon announced in June 2023 that it plans to increase its total investment in India to 26 billion US dollars by 2030, but did not disclose specific fund allocation details.

The new investment will be used to launch new site construction and upgrade existing facilities in the fulfillment and distribution network to improve logistics speed and processing capacity. In addition, Amazon also plans to issue speeding warnings to delivery personnel through technical means and ensure fair distribution of delivery routes.

The company said part of the funding will also be used to expand programs to improve employee health and financial welfare. In March of this year, India's Ministry of Information Technology announced that Amazon cloud service provider AWS will invest about 8.2 billion US dollars in the country.