Amazon opens country's largest fulfilment centre in Hyderabad

It has a carpet area of 4 lakh sq feet, along with a storage space of 2.1 mn cubic feet

American e-commerce company Amazon on Thursday opened its largest fulfilment centre (FC) in the country at the GMR-led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, even as the country prepares for the upcoming festive season.

The new facility has a carpet area of around 4 lakh square feet, along with a storage space of close to 2.1 million cubic feet. This is Amazon's fifth fulfilment centre in Telangana, thereby increasing the firm's overall storage capacity to 3.3 million square feet in the state. The retail major plans to facilitate faster deliveries in the region.

In May, the company said it would double its storage