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to house more than 400 scientists and engineers when it opens in
the autumn, the building underscores the U.S group's commitment
to Britain, where Amazon said it has invested 6.4 billion pounds
($8.3 billion) since 2010.
Amazon's existing center in the city in the east of England,
which sits at the heart of a regional technology hub known as
"Silicon Fen", will be used to develop Prime Air, its program to
use drones to deliver parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less
after the new building opens, Amazon said on Thursday.
Like fellow U.S. tech giants Google, Apple and Facebook, Amazon
has continued to invest in Britain despite last year's vote to
leave the European Union.
It has pledged to create 5,000 new roles across the country this
year, bringing its workforce to 24,000.
"By the end of this year, we will have more than 1,500
innovation related roles here in Britain, working on everything
from machine learning and drone technology to streaming video
technology and Amazon Web Services," Doug Gurr, UK country
manager for Amazon, said.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Alexander Smith)
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