Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos addresses the audience during a keynote session at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas on June 6, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is expanding its online grocery business to India as part of its plans for the fast-growing market, the company announced Thursday. Amazon Fresh will be available to customers in some parts of Bengaluru through its main India website and app, the company said, and it will later be rolled out to other cities. The service will deliver groceries within two hours between 6 a.m. and midnight, according to a press release. The move comes one day after Amazon launched its biggest campus in the world in Hyderabad, India, according to Reuters. The campus will serve as an outpost for 15,000 employees and sprawl over 9.5 acres, Reuters reported, saying the company currently has 62,000 employees in the country. Amazon has already invested heavily in India, with hundreds of open positions listed in the region as of January, including in its retail and marketplace divisions. The company has invested roughly $5 billion in the first five years of its business there, according to BloombergQuint. Last year, CNBC affiliate CNBC TV-18 reported the company is set to invest another $2 billion in the country. While India's large population represents a huge opportunity for Amazon, local regulations could also slow down its growth in the region. India's new e-commerce law came into effect in February, banning companies like Amazon and its local competitor Flipkart from selling products from companies in which they have an equity stake. Analysts estimated the rules would have a short-term impact on the e-commerce companies while they build new models to comply with the rules. Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube. WATCH: How America's biggest grocer is fighting back against Amazon and Walmart
Amazon Fresh is expanding into India, with the online grocery business initially available to customers in parts of Bengaluru. The company said it will now be offering its Prime Now service across India and plans to expand that offer later this year. Amazon has sunk about $5bn in India in the past five years and is believed to have plans for another $2bn of investment. It recently opened a campus in Hyderabad with 15,000 employees, its biggest in the world. However, a new e-commerce law banning companies from selling products made by businesses in which they have a stake risks limiting growth.