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Amazon announces $10.5bn investment over 5 years in UK

 Published: 10:50, 11 September 2024

Amazon announces $10.5bn investment over 5 years in UK

US tech giant Amazon is to invest $10.5 billion in the United Kingdom over the next five years, creating thousands of jobs via its web services arm, the company and UK government announced Wednesday.

The investment -- to build, operate and maintain data centres in the UK -- could contribute o14 billion to the country's GDP and "support" more than 14,000 jobs annually across the supply chain, Amazon said.