India, March 4 -- A month after it was reported that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to invest $8.3 Bn in cloud infrastructure across Maharashtra to further expand its cloud capacity in India, the team of the company yesterday (March 3) met Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw to discuss the investment plan in the coming few years.

During the meeting, AWS reaffirmed its commitment to investing $8.3 Bn in Maharashtra over the next few years to expand its cloud infrastructure in India, ET reported.

"The team of Amazon Web Services explained their entire plan of investing about $8.3 Bn in Maharashtra in the coming few years," said Vaishnaw.

He added, "They are very optimistic about growth in Ind...