Amazon India launches second fulfilment centre in Uttar Pradesh

Amazon India has announced the launch of its second fulfilment centre (FC) in Uttar Pradesh. Located in Lucknow, the FC is spread over close to 50,000 square feet with over 35,000 cubic feet of storage space. Amazon now has two FCs in Uttar Pradesh offering close to 150,000 cubic feet of storage space for faster delivery to customers in the region.

This is one of the seven recently announced FCs for this year.  By the end of 2017, Amazon expects to have 41 operational FCs in 13 states across the country with a combined storage space of close to 13 million cubic feet.

“With the launch of a second Fulfilment Centre in Uttar Pradesh, we strongly believe that we will be able to better serve our customers and also support our Prime promise of one-day & two-day delivery,” said Akhil Saxena, Vice President, India Customer Fulfilment, Amazon India.

“Furthermore, for our sellers, the new FC will enable thousands of small & medium businesses to save money by replacing their upfront capital expense with low variable cost and pay only for the storage space they use and the orders that we fulfil.”