Amazon pumps €10bn into European robotics push as Peterborough hub creates 1,400 jobs
05-06-2026 06:54 via retailgazette.co.uk

Amazon pumps €10bn into European robotics push as Peterborough hub creates 1,400 jobs

Amazon is investing more than €10bn to expand and modernise its European fulfilment network, with new robotics, faster delivery options and 25,000 additional jobs planned across the region.
It unveiled the plans at its Delivering the Future event in London, where it said the investment would support the next phase of automation across its fulfilment centres.
A central part of the update is the latest version of Amazon’s autonomous Proteus robot, which can now operate wherever items n
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