Amazon to Build $100M Robotics Manufacturing Plant in Indiana

Amazon is expanding its robotics manufacturing base in the U.S. with a new facility in Greenwood, Indiana, backed by an investment of more than $100 million, as reported by The Robot Report. The 585,000-square-foot plant is expected to create around 300 skilled manufacturing and engineering positions and is slated to open by 2028.

According to the report, the Greenwood site will produce hardware that supports Amazon's fulfillment centers and robotics operations across North America. The facility will house advanced fabrication, robotic welding, automated powder coating, and assembly under one roof, with AWS cloud infrastructure and AI-driven smart manufacturing systems supporting production.

Amazon said it chose Greenwood because of Indiana's manufacturing workforce, competitive costs, logistics access, and business climate. The announcement follows a similar robotics manufacturing investment the company revealed in Texas back in August, underscoring a broader push to build out domestic production capacity for its automation hardware.

A growing robotics manufacturing base

Amazon has already established what it describes as one of the largest industrial robotics manufacturing operations in the world, largely centered in Massachusetts. The company says it has built more than one million robots in the U.S. to date, with units now deployed across more than 300 facilities worldwide. Amazon estimates these robots assist with about 75% of all customer orders it delivers globally, supporting tasks like stowing, picking, sorting, and moving goods within its facilities.

The Indiana investment adds to a string of robotics moves by Amazon this year. Earlier in 2026, the company acquired RIVR, a startup that develops quadruped wheeled robots for last-mile doorstep delivery. RIVR had reportedly been on Amazon's radar since 2024, when Jeff Bezos personally led a $22 million seed round in the company through Bezos Expeditions and HongShan. The acquisition comes years after Amazon shut down its own Scout delivery robot program in 2022, suggesting the company may be searching for a fresh approach to autonomous doorstep delivery.

Amazon has also been pushing to scale its aerial delivery service, Prime Air. The company recently outlined plans to expand drone deliveries to nearly 500 cities and towns across the U.S. by the end of 2026 — a sixfold increase over its current coverage that would bring drone delivery within reach of tens of millions of customers.

Taken together, the Greenwood facility, the Texas manufacturing investment, the RIVR acquisition, and the Prime Air expansion point to a company steadily rebuilding its physical infrastructure around robotics and automation, both inside its warehouses and on the path to customers' doors.