Microsoft will spend $3 billion to expand its Azure cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) capacity in India, CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday, doubling down on a country with tech expertise and low costs to help turn such investments profitable.

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.

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

Microsoft Corp. plans to spend $3 billion to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India, targeting the world’s most populous country to fuel its revenue growth.

Today, Microsoft ( MSFT, Financial) announced a massive $3 billion investment to build out its artificial intelligence (AI) and Azure cloud computing capacity in India. On Tuesday at a conference in Bengaluru, CEO Satya Nadella described it as the company's "single largest expansion" in the country.

MUMBAI: In a major development, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday his company plans to invest $3 billion in the country's artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure over

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.

Microsoft is planning to invest about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on developing data centers to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications, the company said in a blog post on Friday.

Microsoft has kicked off the year in India with plans to grow its revenue. The firm plans to invest $3 billion to expand its cloud Azure and AI services in the country with the world’s largest population.