Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has recently announced plans to invest $3 billion in India to expand its capacity for artificial intelligence (AI) and Azure cloud-computing services, according to a report by Reuters.

This investment marks Microsoft's largest single expansion in India, as per the report. In addition to the financial commitment, Nadella announced Microsoft's goal of training 10 million people in India in AI technologies by 2030. This builds on the company's previous pledge to provide AI training to 2 million people in India by 2025.

Nadella's visit to India included a meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit comes as global tech leaders, including Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Meta's AI scientist Yann LeCun, have increasingly turned their attention to India in recent times.

Microsoft's investment in India is part of its larger effort to expand its global data-centre network and AI infrastructure. Previously, the company announced plans to allocate $80 billion in fiscal 2025 for developing data centres and deploying AI and cloud-based applications, with over half of that investment directed to the United States.