Largest Amazon Distribution Center Opens in Mesa

Amazon opened its new 1.2 million-square-foot storage and distribution center, the company’s largest in the country. Just off the Loop 202 in Mesa, the facility will be used for storage for third-party sellers. 60% of products sold on its online retail platform are from independent sellers and the new facility will allow those companies to get products into the Amazon system earlier and help keep enough inventory to meet demand.

Amazon’s Rodney Huffman told the Phoenix Business Journal. “We’ve got about 13 million square feet of storage racking – very narrow aisles. It’s wall to wall to wall in this building all the way up to the ceiling.”

Amazon expects the facility to employ around 800 people, but that number will go up to 1,300 during peak seasons.

Amazon has 17 fulfillment and sortation centers in Arizona and 13 delivery stations. The company employs more than 33,000 full- and part-time workers in the state.