Credit: Ievgenii Karanov, Chronicle.lu
On Monday 9 November 2026, Amazon officially inaugurated its new European IT logistics hub in Dudelange in the presence of government representatives, business leaders and around 80 guests.
The €12.5 million, 3,500 m² facility is Amazon's first IT logistics hub in continental Europe, sixth of its kind worldwide and ninth corporate location in Luxembourg. It will centralise the preparation and distribution of IT hardware for approximately 250,000 employees across 23 European countries, with plans to ship around 1,000 devices per month. Around 70% of the fit-out subcontractors were Luxembourg-based companies.
The inauguration brought together Mariangela Marseglia, Vice President of Amazon European Stores; Luxembourg's Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles; US Ambassador to Luxembourg Stacey Feinberg; Dudelange Mayor and Member of Parliament Dan Biancalana; and Marianne Welter, co-CEO of Arthur Welter Logistics. Other attendees included Carlo Thelen, Director General of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, and the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg (AmCham).
Opening the ceremony, Mariangela Marseglia highlighted Amazon's development in Luxembourg over more than two decades. The company now operates nine corporate locations in the Grand Duchy, employs more than 4,250 people and has invested over €13 billion since 2010. She described the new facility as another step in Amazon's long-term commitment to Luxembourg and highlighted the involvement of thirteen local contractors among the eighteen companies working on the project. She also announced plans to donate more than 3,000 laptops to the non-profit organisation Digital Inclusion.
Minister Lex Delles welcomed the investment as further evidence of Luxembourg's attractiveness to international businesses, highlighting its central European location, multilingual workforce and growing technology sector. He stated: "This new facility is a clear signal of confidence in Luxembourg as a strategic location at the heart of Europe." He also emphasised the project's potential to create jobs and strengthen the country's logistics and digital services sectors.
US Ambassador Stacey Feinberg highlighted Amazon's 23-year presence in Luxembourg and the importance of American investment to the country's economy. She stressed the role of US companies in creating employment and strengthening economic ties between the two countries, remarking: "When American companies do well in Luxembourg, Luxembourg does well, too."
Dudelange Mayor Dan Biancalana welcomed the opening as another milestone in the city's economic diversification, recalling its transition from a steel-producing centre towards logistics and other industries. He noted that the facility initially employs around twenty people, with plans to increase staffing to more than fifty, and highlighted the potential benefits for local businesses. He also welcomed the project's environmental and social initiatives, including the use of renewable electricity, equipment recycling and donations to Digital Inclusion.
Marianne Welter, co-CEO of Arthur Welter Logistics alongside Viviane Welter, described the project as an important step towards a long-term partnership with Amazon. Her company provides dedicated space for the new hub within its logistics site in Dudelange. She highlighted Luxembourg's strategic location and established logistics sector, while thanking the teams involved in preparing the facility for its opening.
Following the speeches, representatives took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony before guests were invited on a guided tour of the facility. Craig Bradney, Regional IT Manager EMEA at Amazon, explained how the hub receives, configures and prepares laptops for distribution across Europe. The premises include dedicated configuration stations, storage and shipping areas, server rooms, technical laboratories and facilities for securely erasing data from returned equipment before reuse, donation or recycling.
During the tour, Craig Bradney also showed guests approximately 650 laptops prepared for donation to Digital Inclusion, alongside Amazon's wider commitment to provide more than 3,000 devices to the organisation. He added that the hub could eventually expand its operations beyond laptops to include other IT equipment and infrastructure.
