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Bloomberg
23-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
UK Welcomes £40 Billion Amazon Investment Plan in Warehouses
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed a three-year program by Inc. to invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the British economy over the next three years, including opening four new warehouses. The online retailer's plans will create thousands of new jobs nationwide, including 2,000 at a previously announced warehouse in Hull, and another 2,000 in Northampton, the Department for Business and Trade said Tuesday in an emailed statement.
News.com.au
14-06-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Amazon's $20 billion investment to give Australia a ‘beachhead' in global digital economy
Industry Minister Tim Ayres discusses Amazon's announcement to invest $20 billion in data centres in Australia, strengthening the country's AI capability. 'That investment on its own is very significant for Australia's digital infrastructure,' Mr Ayres told Sky News Australia. 'There is very significant scope to cease on these kinds of investments that give Australia a beachhead in the new global digital economy – this is absolutely in economic interest, this is absolutely in our security and broader geopolitical interest in a fast-moving, less secure world.'
