AWS signs 80MW wind power deal to fuel $8.3B India expansion

Amazon Web Services has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Gentari, the clean energy subsidiary of Malaysian energy giant Petronas, for 80MW of wind energy in Tamil Nadu, India. The wind farm is expected to generate 300,000 MWh of clean electricity annually starting mid-2027, supporting AWS’s ambitious goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 while powering the company’s expanding $8.3 billion cloud infrastructure investment across India.

What you should know: The wind farm is part of the broader Karur Wind Development zone, a major renewable energy hub in Tamil Nadu that hosts several large-scale projects.

• The region includes wind developments by Everrenew Energy (100.8 MW) and Tata Power (198 MW), alongside Adani’s Karur Transmission project capable of moving up to 2.5 GW of wind power.
• Operations are expected to begin in mid-2027, with the facility producing approximately 300,000 MWh of clean energy per year.

Strategic partnership expansion: The agreement builds on a previous 2023 partnership between AWS and Gentari to explore decarbonization and sustainability initiatives.

• This deal represents part of Gentari’s broader strategy to establish renewable energy projects across the Asia-Pacific region.

Part of AWS’s growing renewable portfolio: The Tamil Nadu agreement adds to AWS’s expanding clean energy commitments in India.

• In February, the company signed agreements totaling 199 MW with CleanMax and BluePine Energy for wind farms in Karnataka and other locations.
• These renewable energy investments directly support AWS’s data center operations across the country.

Massive India expansion underway: The clean energy will help power AWS’s significant infrastructure investments in the region.

• AWS pledged $8.3 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure in the AWS Asia-Pacific (Mumbai) Region, formalized through a MoU signed on January 22, 2025, during the World Economic Forum.
• The company launched its first Indian cloud region in Mumbai in 2016, investing $3.7 billion between 2016 and 2022, followed by a second region in Hyderabad in 2022.
• AWS plans to invest $12.7 billion nationwide, as announced in May 2023, including $6.95 billion specifically in its Telangana (Hyderabad) region.

What they’re saying: “This partnership moves us closer to our 2040 net-zero goal,” said Jeff Johnson, AWS managing director for ASEAN.