{"id":411648,"date":"2026-08-20T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411648\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:20:08","slug":"amazon-to-build-multibillion-dollar-robotics-manufacturing-facility-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411648\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to build multibillion-dollar robotics manufacturing facility in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Amazon is expanding its footprint in Austin with a new multibillion-dollar robotics manufacturing facility expected to create hundreds of jobs, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility will bring an estimated 300 to 500 manufacturing and engineering jobs to the Austin area, according to the governor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas is the new frontier for innovation,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cWe congratulate Amazon on their expanded investment in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-considers-stricter-rules-for-data-centers-amid-water-energy-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Austin considers stricter rules for data centers amid water, energy concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon has invested more than $100 billion in Texas since 2010, including infrastructure and compensation for its 86,000 full- and part-time employees across the state, according to the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Vice President of Worldwide Economic Development Holly Sullivan pointed to Austin&#8217;s workforce, universities, and community partnerships as factors in the company&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustin&#8217;s talented workforce, world-class universities, and strong community partnerships make it the ideal home for this facility,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement did not specify where in Austin the facility will be located or when construction and operations are expected to begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Amazon is expanding its footprint in Austin with a new multibillion-dollar robotics manufacturing facility expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-411648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}