Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and other officials got a glimpse Wednesday of the sheer robotic power of Amazon's new 855,000-square-foot customer fulfillment center in Salt Lake City, the first of its kind in Utah.
After attending a grand opening for the center at 777 N. 5600 West, Herbert and others toured the building and saw displays of a host of new automation technologies that nearly 1,500 full-time Amazon employees will eventually use to fulfill customer orders for the Seattle-based online shopping giant.
Employees will pick, pack and ship customer items such as books and electronics from the facility.