Amazon opens new fulfillment centers in Texas

Amazon.com plans to open two new fulfillment centers and a new delivery station in San Antonio, Texas. The new operations facilities will together create over 1500 new full-time jobs.

“We’re thrilled to be able to continue our growth throughout the San Antonio area,” said Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon’s vice president of global customer fulfillment, in a statement. “Amazon is a great place to work with highly competitive pay, benefits from day one, and training programs for in-demand careers. We’re grateful for the support we’ve received from local and state leaders and look forward to creating over 1500 new, full-time jobs for the San Antonio community.”

In the new one million square-foot fulfillment center, which is expected to launch in 2021, Amazon associates will work to pick, pack, and ship bulky or larger-sized customer items such as patio furniture, outdoor equipment, or rugs. Additionally, in the new 750,000 square-foot robotics fulfillment center, which is expected to launch in 2022, Amazon associates will work to pick, pack and ship smaller customer items such as electronics, books and toys.

“The Lone Star State is proud to welcome Amazon’s expansion in the San Antonio region,” said Texas governor Greg Abbott in a statement. “In what continues to be a strong partnership between Amazon and Texas, these facilities will integrate state-of-the-art robotics working alongside Amazon associates to serve customers throughout the region. We are proud that Texas’ business-friendly model continues to attract innovative companies like Amazon.”

Amazon is also planning a new 350,000 square-foot delivery station located at 8210 Aviation Landing. Delivery stations power the last mile of Amazon’s order fulfillment process. Packages are transported to delivery stations from Amazon fulfillment and sortation centers, and then loaded into vehicles for delivery to customers. The delivery station, which is expected to launch in 2021, will create hundreds of full- and part-time jobs, in addition to offering entrepreneurs the opportunity to build their own small business delivering Amazon packages, and independent contractors the flexibility to be their own boss and create their own schedule delivering for Amazon Flex.

“San Antonio’s diverse industries, skilled workforce, and sustainable infrastructure make us resilient and we are ready to support significant growth from tech-focused companies like Amazon,” said city of San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg in a statement. “We look forward to supporting Amazon as they grow and hire more than 1500 San Antonians.”

Since 2010, Amazon has created more than 43,000 jobs in Texas and invested more than 16.9 billion dollars across the state, including infrastructure and compensation to its employees. Amazon’s investments have contributed more than 18.8 billion dollars in GDP to the Texas economy and have helped create over 49,000 indirect jobs on top of Amazon’s direct hires.