The company plans to grow the company’s Azure cloud business in India and set up new data centers.

Today, Microsoft ( MSFT, Financial) announced a massive $3 billion investment to build out its artificial intelligence (AI) and Azure cloud computing capacity in India. On Tuesday at a conference in Bengaluru, CEO Satya Nadella described it as the company's "single largest expansion" in the country.

Microsoft will invest about $3 billion to expand capacity for artificial intelligence (AI) and its Azure cloud-computing services in India, CEO Satya Nadella said at an event on Tuesday. (Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru;

Microsoft has kicked off the year in India with plans to grow its revenue. The firm plans to invest $3 billion to expand its cloud Azure and AI services in the country with the world’s largest population.

Microsoft Corp. plans to spend $3 billion to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India, targeting the world’s most populous country to fuel its revenue growth.