By Rishika Sadam

HYDERABAD, Aug 1 (Reuters) - McDonald's plans to

"double down" on its artificial intelligence investment by 2027

and is betting on India as a key hub for data governance,

engineering and platform architecture, a senior executive told

Reuters on Friday.

We're still in the early stages, so it's hard to pin down

the exact investment, McDonald's head of Global Business

Services operations, Deshant Kaila said at an event.

Kaila said the fast-food giant's India push will centre on

building its AI team, but added that spending will lean more

toward technology and tools, not headcount.