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Originally Posted by Roughneck
By this do you mean that you thought they were building a distribution hub and would go where they could get warehouse space and have cargo connectivity?
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I believe they are going for the whole shooting match. The goal appears to be to replicate operations in Seattle, not just from a technological and business perspective, but also from a logistical perspective. They will go where they can meet as many of their business needs as possible. If they weren't going do that road, they wouldn't have the logistic components in their minimum requirements.
Here's a list of some of the cities who have already stated they would toss their hat in the ring.
https://www.recode.net/2017/9/9/1627...d-headquarters
Here's an interesting look at the demands Amazon has, and how few can actually meet the demands.
http://www.slate.com/articles/busine..._s_new_hq.html
An interesting point made in this article, is if Amazon hired 50,000 employees, that would be 1 in 20 people for a city that has 1 million jobs. Calgary employs around
707,000 people, so that should put things in perspective.