Overview
- The foundation stone for the AWS data centre was laid on Wednesday, July 15, by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, starting work on a facility the state calls one of the country’s largest hyper‑scale sites.
- Telangana has allotted 202 acres in Bharat Future City and 98 acres in Chandanvelly to Amazon and approved incentives and concessions totalling about ₹125 crore for the project.
- Officials say the first construction phase is scheduled to finish within 24 months, with additional phases planned to roll out over the next ten years as part of a reported ₹60,000‑crore build‑out.
- At the ceremony the chief minister urged Amazon to raise its cumulative commitment to ₹1 lakh crore by 2034 and directed monthly review meetings to fast‑track the company’s requests and clear approvals.
- State and company statements place the Hyderabad site inside Amazon’s broader India expansion that includes custom AI chips and managed AI services and sits alongside other major investments and competing regional AI projects.