India, Dec. 10 -- Amazon.com Inc. is doubling down on India with a $35-billion investment plan, even as Big Tech firms make a beeline to tap into the AI appetite of the world's largest internet population.

The US e-commerce giant will invest in areas such as artificial intelligence and logistics infrastructure, it said in a statement Wednesday.

"We are excited to continue being a catalyst for India's economic growth, as we democratise access to AI for millions of Indians," said Amit Agarwal, head of emerging markets at Amazon, in the statement.

Amazon had previously said it would invest an additional $15 billion in India by 2030. That included plans by its cloud computing business, the Amazon Web Services, to put $12.7 billion into its...