Amazon has outlined plans to invest more than €15bn ($17.59bn) into France between 2026 and 2028, marking the US retailer’s biggest financial commitment to the country to date.
The funds will span logistics infrastructure, cloud computing and AI development, alongside day-to-day operating costs.
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As part of the expansion, Amazon intends to open four new distribution centres and extend its existing network across the country.
Amazon France country manager Jean-Baptiste Thomas said: “This investment plan of more than €15bn carries a clear ambition: to be ever more useful to the French people and the French economy.
“This means faster deliveries, wider selection, and low prices accessible everywhere in France – all with a reduced environmental footprint through a proximity-based logistics network. These investments will directly benefit local communities, with more than 7,000 permanent jobs created, while allowing the French businesses that rely on our marketplace, technologies, and cloud and AI solutions to grow.”
The company expects the investment to generate more than 7,000 permanent positions.
Three facilities in Illiers-Combray, Beauvais, and Colombier-Saugnieu are scheduled to begin hiring from 2026, with a fourth site in Ensisheim to follow in late 2027.
Amazon pointed to its most recently opened centre, in Augny near Metz, as a benchmark for what the new sites could deliver.
That facility created 4,000 jobs within its first year, became the “leading” employer in the Moselle department, and contributed €2.5m in local taxes in 2023.
The company anticipates similar economic and fiscal outcomes from each of the four incoming centres.
On delivery performance, Amazon said it fulfilled more than 170 million orders on a same-day or next-day basis for Prime members in France during 2025.
The expansion also carries environmental commitments.
Amazon said its logistics model – designed around proximity to customers – has helped cut delivery distances and associated emissions.
At the Augny site, the approach reduced average package travel distances by 25% and lowered CO₂ emissions by 81g per parcel.
The company added that in more than 20 French cities, over two-thirds of deliveries are now completed using electric vehicles, cargo bikes, or on foot.
On the workforce side, Amazon has committed €50m to employee training in France by 2030.
The company has been present in France for 25 years and has channelled more than €30bn into the country since 2010 across logistics, technology, and operations.
It currently employs more than 25,000 people directly and says its broader footprint supports upwards of 100,000 jobs in total.
