Amazon to invest $54.4B in UK for fulfillment and data centers

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – US-based Amazon will invest some £40 billion ($54.4 billion) in the UK over the next three years for centers to fulfill orders from its website plus data centers.

The investment goes towards four new fulfilment centers in Hull, Northampton, and the East Midlands creating over 4,000 jobs, an official statement from the UK government said Tuesday.

The statement said: "This investment – announced the same week as the Government’s transformational Industrial Strategy - includes building four new fulfilment centres and new delivery stations nationwide, as well as upgrades and expansions to its existing network of over 100 operations buildings across the country.

"The investment will create thousands of new permanent, full-time jobs in the UK, with the vast majority outside of London and the South East."

The investment also includes part of £8 billion announced last September for building, operating, and maintaining data centers in the UK, it added.

Th investment will support the country’s ambition to increase artificial intelligence (AI) computing capacity and meet the growing demand for cloud and AI technologies, while creating thousands of skilled jobs in the tech supply chain, it said.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the investment adds another major win to Britain’s basket and is a massive vote of confidence in the UK as the best place to do business.