Amazon is set to make substantial investments in expanding its data centre facilities and workforce in Hyderabad. The decision comes after discussions with Telangana’s leadership.
The Telangana delegation, led by IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu, engaged with senior leaders from Amazon, including Kerry Person, vice president, AWS Data Centre (planning and delivery), to strengthen the company’s operations in the region.
This expansion is expected to reinforce Telangana’s status as a premier hub for cloud and data centre infrastructure in India. As AWS continues to grow its cloud services in the region, the state is likely to play a pivotal role in advancing India’s digital economy goals.
Amazon already has a notable presence in Telangana, highlighted by its largest corporate building, globally, located in Hyderabad, and the launch of its dedicated air cargo network, ‘Amazon Air,’ in 2023. The city has also been designated as a strategic region for Amazon Web Services (AWS), with three major data centres currently operational. Plans for further expansion, including a new hyperscale data centre crucial for AI/ML-enabled services, were discussed during the meeting.
Recently, news surfaced that Amazon is tracking the number of hours the employees are actually spending in office. Reportedly, the retail and cloud-computing teams and certain others have been told to stay in office for a minimum of two hours, while the rest have been told to clock at least six hours, or else their attendance will not be marked.
These strict measures as part of the e-commerce company’s return-to-office (RTO) policy are aimed at keeping employees from simply logging in their presence and leaving, according to a Quartz report.
