Amazon plans to build a 248,687-square-foot sorting warehouse in Georgetown, Texas, according to a July 6 Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing.
The sorting warehouse within Amazon’s fulfillment network will be equipped with robotic systems that bring items to employees for customer orders prior to being packaged and sent out, Amazon spokesperson Austin Stowe told Supply Chain Dive. The facility will also feature multiple storage areas, including specialty and cold goods, and office and support areas, per the document.
The $48 million project is slated to break ground Aug. 30 and be completed by July 2027, according to the filing.
"Our team is in the early stages of bringing a new operations facility to Georgetown — one that would provide local customers with faster delivery of everyday essentials while creating new jobs in the community,” Stowe said in an email.
Robotics technology and automation have been a big part of Amazon’s push to optimize its fulfillment network.
Last year, Amazon revealed several robots it planned to deploy to reduce manual tasks. The robots include “Tipper,” which automatically unloads packages on carts brought to conveyor belts by employees. Elsewhere, in 2024, the e-commerce giant broke ground on a 3 million-square-foot robotics fulfillment center in North Carolina.
