The $1.5bn Amazon Air Hub has an 800,000 sq ft sortation building sitting on a campus, exceeding 600 acres featuring seven buildings, a new ramp for aircraft parking and a multi-story car park.
The sorting facility uses robotic technology to move and sort packages, including robotic arms and mobile drive units to transport packages, interlinked conveyors and workstations for employees.
The building features a solar rooftop scheduled for installation over the next year and energy generated from the panels will feed into the electrical grid of the local community.
Sarah Rhoads, vice president of Amazon Global Air says: “We’re excited to get rolling in Northern Kentucky, and we’re thrilled to employ thousands of fantastic people from the area in this next-generation, highly sophisticated facility that will connect our air cargo network for years to come.”
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear adds: “Across the coming years, Amazon Air will help attract more manufacturers, service providers, and tech companies to Kentucky seeking to take similar advantage of our key geographic location.”