Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Company to Build $100 Million Robotics Plant in Indiana

TLDR

• Amazon plans to spend more than $100 million on a new robotics-manufacturing facility in Greenwood, Indiana, opening by 2028.
• The plant will be Amazon’s fourth robot-making facility, doubling its current manufacturing footprint.
• Amazon stock fell 1% as the news was reported.
• The Indiana facility is expected to create 300 skilled manufacturing and engineering jobs averaging near $100,000 a year.
• Amazon has deployed over a million robots in the past decade and says it has invested more than $230 billion in manufacturing since 2010.

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Amazon (AMZN) stock slipped 1% as the company confirmed plans for a new robotics-manufacturing facility in Greenwood, Indiana. The e-commerce giant will spend more than $100 million on the site, which is expected to open by 2028.

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The Indiana plant marks Amazon’s fourth robotics-manufacturing facility. It follows an announcement last month of another robotics hub planned for Austin, Texas. Together, the two new sites will double Amazon’s robot-manufacturing capacity.

Amazon $AMZN is investing $100M+ in a new Indiana robotics plant opening by 2028.

Along with a planned Austin facility, it will double Amazon’s robot-making plants from 2 to 4.

Amazon has deployed 1M+ robots across 300+ sites, assisting ~75% of customer orders.

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Amazon’s robotics push traces back to its $775 million acquisition of Kiva Systems in 2012. Since then, the company has become one of the largest robot makers in the world, deploying machines that sort, lift and move packages inside its warehouses.

A Decade of Robot Deployment

Amazon says it has rolled out more than a million robots over the past ten years. During that same stretch, the company says it hired hundreds of thousands of employees who now work alongside those machines.

“We’ve deployed over a million robots over the last decade, and in that time, we’ve hired hundreds of thousands of employees that work alongside those robots,” said Holly Sullivan, Amazon’s vice president of worldwide economic development.

Amazon’s robots now operate in more than 300 of its facilities. The company says they assist with 75% of customer orders.

The Greenwood facility is expected to create 300 skilled manufacturing and engineering jobs. Amazon says average salaries there will sit near $100,000 a year, well above Indiana’s median household income.

Amazon says its robotics investments have cut the rate of recordable workplace injuries by more than 40%. The company also recently raised its U.S. minimum starting wage for full-time core operations employees to $20 an hour.

Worker Sentiment Remains Mixed

Public sentiment around AI and job security has shifted. Pew Research Center data shows about seven in 10 U.S. adults now expect AI to cause job losses over the next 20 years. That figure is up seven percentage points in two years.

Scott Devitt, a senior research analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, said the technology could still drive demand for skilled labor. He noted that AI and robotics would “shift the labor force around,” which could lead to some job displacement inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers.

Amazon’s two current robotics-manufacturing plants are both based in Massachusetts, where Kiva Systems was headquartered. Those sites handle research, development and manufacturing for robots including Sparrow, a robotic arm used to consolidate inventory, and Proteus, an autonomous cart-mover that can carry loads of around 900 pounds.

Joseph Quinlivan, Amazon’s vice president of fulfillment technology and robotics, said workers were initially hesitant when Proteus was introduced. He said that hesitancy faded quickly once employees saw the robots operate without incident.

Amazon chose Indiana for its manufacturing history and the company’s existing operations in the state. Sullivan said Amazon will also benefit from a tax abatement previously secured by the site’s prior developer and landlord.

Amazon says it has invested more than $230 billion in manufacturing since 2010. The company produces its robots exclusively for internal use across its own fulfillment network.