Amazon To Invest $5Bln, Create 50,000 Jobs Over 2 New Headquarters In New York, Washington

Amazon to Invest $5Bln, Create 50,000 Jobs Over 2 New Headquarters in New York, Washington

The electronic commerce and cloud computing company Amazon has selected two new headquarters in New York City and near Washington, DC through which it will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs, the company said in a press release on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th November, 2018) The electronic commerce and cloud computing company Amazon has selected two new headquarters in New York City and near Washington, DC through which it will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs, the company said in a press release on Friday.

"Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it has selected New York City and Arlington, Virginia, as the locations for the company's new headquarters," the release said. "Amazon will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters locations, with more than 25,000 employees each in New York City and Arlington [in the state of Virginia]. The new locations will join Seattle as the company's three headquarters in North America."

Amazon also announced that it has selected Nashville, Tennessee, for a new Operations Center of Excellence, which is responsible for transportation, supply chain and similar activities.

The Operations Center of Excellence in Nashville will create more than 5,000 jobs, Amazon said.

Amazon explained that the new Arlington headquarters will be located in National Landing, near Washington, DC, and the New York City headquarters will be located in the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens.

"We are excited to build new headquarters in New York City and Northern Virginia," Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos said in the release. "These two locations will allow us to attract world-class talent that will help us to continue inventing for customers for years to come. The team did a great job selecting these sites, and we look forward to becoming an even bigger part of these communities."

Hiring at both the new headquarters as well as the Operations Center of Excellence will begin in 2019, according to the release.