Amazon announced it has planned investments of €10 billion in Germany to drive innovation and support the expansion of its logistics network and cloud infrastructure across the country. And Amazon is also creating 4,000 new jobs this year, at three new fulfilment centers: one in Horn-Bad Meinberg (North Rhine-Westphalia), opening in late summer 2024, one in Erfurt (Thuringia), opened in May 2024, and one in Großenkneten, opened in August 2023.
The new jobs mean that by the end of this year, Amazon will have more than 40,000 permanent employees in Germany, providing roles of all kinds at all levels and in more than 100 German cities and municipalities across its business.
This announcement means Amazon confirmed it has planned investments in Germany totaling €17.8 billion, following the €7.8 billion AWS European Sovereign Cloud investment announced last month. And the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new independent cloud for Europe and its first AWS Region will launch in the State of Brandenburg by the end of 2025.
Since 2010, Amazon has invested over €77 billion in Germany to help serve customers, create high-quality jobs, and deliver a positive impact on the German economy by contributing an estimated €50 billion to the gross domestic product (GDP). And across four R&D sites in Aachen, Berlin, Dresden, and Tübingen, teams work on products and services for AWS, Amazon Music, Fire TV, Alexa, and fulfillment technologies. The research teams at Amazon’s Development Centre in Berlin will benefit from the extension of labs to develop and enhance AI and robotics technologies.
AWS also plans to invest €8.8 billion by 2026 to continue building, maintaining, and operating its cloud infrastructure for the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) Region, which has been based in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main area since 2014.
KEY QUOTES:
“Amazon came to Germany over 25 years ago, and we continue to invest in the country. With our teams continually focused on innovation, we’re helping German customers transform the way they work, live, connect and thrive. Our teams work hand-in-hand with state-of-the-art technologies to deliver for small businesses and customers, while AWS enables organisations of all sizes in Germany to grow their businesses and innovate using the cloud. And with that comes a positive impact for the country – and especially the communities where we operate – with a broad range of investments and jobs ranging from research and development to logistics and customer service.”
- Rocco Bräuniger, Amazon Germany Country Manager
“Germany is at the heart of innovation across Europe. AWS is more committed than ever to helping German customers lead and build new technologies and services using the wide variety of capabilities in the AWS Cloud, including generative AI. To address the growing demand for our services, we’re investing heavily in Germany’s digital infrastructure. This also includes our commitment to support digital skills and talent development programmes across Germany and to partner with local communities on joint initiatives with a lasting impact.”
- Stefan Hoechbauer, Managing Director for Germany and Europe at AWS
