Devendra Fadnavis also stressed on the importance of sustainable development and climatic challenges, which were deliberated during the WEF.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced an $8.3 billion investment in cloud infrastructure in Maharashtra’s Mumbai region, aimed at expanding the country’s cloud computing capacity by 2030. This investment, part of AWS’s $12.7 billion commitment announced in May 2023, is expected to generate over 81,200 jobs within India’s data centre supply chain.

The MoU was one of 20—and the largest—the state government signed on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, with a total investment value of around ₹5,

JSW Group is set to invest Rs 3 lakh crore in Maharashtra, enhancing steel manufacturing with green technology, developing green energy projects, and setting up advanced units for electric vehicles and high-performance EV batteries.