U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology plans to boost hiring and research spending in India to tap surging global demand for AI infrastructure, its India head told Reuters.

The company aims to grow its 1,700-strong workforce in India by 15 percent annually over the next three years, Navin Bishnoi said in an interview on Wednesday, but refrained from giving details of the expanded research and development budget.

Bengaluru serves as Marvell's India headquarters, while its Hyderabad centre focuses on security solutions for data centers. It has a team specialising in embedded development for networking and storage in Pune.

India contributes a small portion of Marvell's revenue, but Bishnoi expects that to grow as local data center capacity expands and data protection laws tighten.

"India is no

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