Amazon Opens Its Largest Campus in the World in Hyderabad.

Amazon has opened its largest campus yet. Located in the financial district of Hyderabad, India, the 9.5-acre campus can accommodate more than 15,000 employees.

• Amazon has opened its largest campus in the world in Hyderabad today. The new campus that can accommodate 15,000 workers comes on the back of the company's ambitious expansion plans in the country in India.

• The campus was under construction in Hyderabad for three years contract . The campus that spans 1.8 million square feet is Amazon's first owned-building outside of the US. Amazon's Global Real Estate and Facilities Vice President John Schoettler said that the largest buildings in Seattle house about 5,000 employed are work. He also added that while the Hyderabad campus is Amazon's largest campus in the world. 

• According to a report in Bloomberg, Amit Agarwal, Amazon's country manager for India said that this facility will build services globally citizen examples of AWS, Kindle, Alexa and Amazon Home Services that is innovating on things like doorstep pick-up and electronics repair.

• Amazon is also looking beyond e-commerce in India. It is in talks with Future Retail, one of India's largest e-commerce retailers for a 10 per cent stake. Recent reports also suggest that the company is planning to foray into the food-delivery space and compete with the likes of Zomato and Swiggy. The company is also producing Indian originals on Prime Video to boost subscriptions. Agarwal also added that Prime membership in India has doubled over the past 18 months and he still sees tremendous growth going forward.