American e-commerce giant Amazon announced on Tuesday that it would invest more than €15 billion in France over three years, creating more than 7,000 permanent jobs, according to a press release issued to AFP.

The funds will be channelled into building new logistics sites, developing cloud and artificial intelligence capabilities, and consolidating its existing network, Amazon said.

This investment is “the largest to date” in the country, Amazon emphasises, noting that since 2010 the company has invested more than €30 billion in France.

“Job creation will begin as early as 2026, with the forthcoming opening of three distribution centres”, according to the company: 1,000 permanent jobs will be created in Illiers-Combray (Eure-et-Loir), 1,000 also in Beauvais (Oise), and a further 3,000 in Colombier-Saugnieu (Rhône).

At the end of 2027, a distribution centre will open in Ensisheim (Haut-Rhin), creating 2,000 permanent jobs, according to Amazon.

These investments will result in “faster deliveries, a wider choice and lower prices accessible throughout France, and a reduced environmental footprint thanks to a local logistics network”, said Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Managing Director of Amazon France, quoted in the press release.

They “will directly benefit the regions, with more than 7,000 permanent jobs created, and French companies that rely on our marketplace, our technologies, and our cloud and AI solutions to grow,” he added.

Founded in 1994, Amazon has long invested in France, the third country it entered outside the United States, after Germany and the United Kingdom.