Amazon’s robot workers to help run Australia’s largest warehouse

Amazon’s Australian branch is set to move into the country’s biggest warehouse, where a fleet of robots will help operate a facility the size of about 29 soccer pitches.

The 209,000 square meter (2,249,657 square feet) four-level fulfillment center is due to be complete in 2025 and will house as many as 25 million small items sold by the e-commerce giant, which entered the Australian market in 2017.

The facility, at Craigieburn Logistics Estate to Melbourne’s north, will create 2,000 jobs alongside the robots, Amazon Australia said in a press statement. A further 2,000 jobs would be created during construction and fit out phase, it said.