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GreenBox Systems said it would hire 300 people to work at the
warehouse that it plans to open in late 2025 near Jackson, about
35 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta.
GreenBox is a joint venture between Japan's SoftBank Group Corp.
and Massachusetts-based Symbotic. GreenBox uses Symbotic's
automation technology, including vision-enabled robots and
artificial intelligence to create warehouses that rely less on
humans to sort, pack and ship goods. This is the second GreenBox
warehouse, with the first being built in California.
Automating a warehouse is expensive, and the idea behind
GreenBox is that customers will pay a recurring fee to house
their goods at a GreenBox warehouse and use the technology. The
company aims to serve multiple customers from its Butts County
location, GreenBox spokesperson Kristin Schwarz wrote in an
email Wednesday.
The warehouse is planned to be built as part of a larger
industrial park off Interstate 75. Massive warehouses have
proliferated along the interstate corridors that radiate from
Atlanta, sometimes causing conflicts with local residents in
part because of the long lines of trucks they rely on. The
GreenBox location was selected for its proximity to Atlanta and
the port in Savannah, Georgia, Schwarz said.
The state will pay to train GreenBox's workers, and the company
could qualify for $4.5 million in state income tax credits, at
$3,000 per job over five years, as long as workers earn at least
$35,600 a year. Butts County could also grant property tax
breaks on GreenBox's equipment and property.
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