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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.

There is fantastic momentum in India where people are pushing for a multi-agent kind of deployment.

"I am excited to announce the single largest expansion we have ever done in India by putting USD 3 billion additional dollars to expand our Azure capacity," Nadella said.

He said that the company is doing a lot of regional expansions in India.

Nadella said that Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organisation in India drives the company.

"To that end, it is about being able to ensure that the human capital of this country can continue to scale, and take advantage of the immense opportunity and potential the technology has. That's why we are very excited to announce today our commitment, which we have always had, to train 10 million people around AI skills by 2030," Nadella said.

"In India, we are excited about all the regions that we have. We have Central India, South India, West India, and South Central India. We also have the capacities that we built up with Jio. We have a lot of regional expansion happening," Nadella said.

When Nadella last visited India in February 2024, he announced the company would provide 2 million people in the country with AI skilling opportunities by 2025, focused on training individuals in smaller cities and rural areas.

The Microsoft Chairman also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in New Delhi.

Nadella said the Prime Minister shared his vision on the artificial intelligence mission, India stack, and entrepreneurial aspirations in the country, among others.
He had posted a picture of the meeting on X, formerly Twitter, and said, "Excited to build on our commitment to making India AI-first".

Prime Minister Modi responded, saying he is "glad to know about Microsoft's ambitious expansion and investment plans in India".

Nadella said that after a few years, there will be discussion around correlation between GDP growth in any country and even at company level for their growth on efficiency levels derived between energy consumed per token per dollar.

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