It seems that almost every week, Amazon announces a new supply chain facility somewhere in the United States.
When it does, the e-commerce giant typically gives news of a new individual facility that is planned or about to open. But on December 2, the company went bigger by announcing that it has invested in eight new facilities in Nevada, bringing more than 2,000 full-time jobs to the Silver State.
The investment is led by an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center in North Las Vegas that Amazon broke ground on in October. It will open in 2021, staffed by 1,500 newly created full-time positions. It will become Amazon’s second such facility in Nevada that uses robotics to help workers retrieve and ship smaller products to customers.
The Nevada expansion also includes five Amazon delivery stations that facilitate “the last mile” of the company’s supply chain process, responsible for actually delivering products to customers. Amazon added that the stations enable entrepreneurs and contractors to manage their own Amazon delivery operations from those facilities. Two of the five stations already opened in October and September, while the other three are set to open in 2021. One of them, an “AMXL” fulfillment center/delivery center hybrid in Reno, will support the fulfillment and delivery of large products, such as televisions and furniture.
The two other new Nevada Amazon facilities — both in North Las Vegas — handle the company’s “March by Amazon” and “Print on Demand” services. Those facilities opened in October and September.
As of early December, Amazon operates 11 supply chain facilities in Nevada, employing more than 10,500 total full- and part-time employees.