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by merely-unlikely 1471 days ago
That and, "The new facilities can be 100 feet tall or more, are packed with state-of-the-art automation and require lots of electricity... The new facilities can cost twice as much to build as typical warehouses, which currently run about $200 per square foot. So Amazon is courting a new class of investor to help finance the expansion"

Their development model has shifted and the warehouses are becoming more advanced and specialized.