{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","contentId":"0000019d-9371-d700-a3bd-f7fdb3a70000","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/impact/amazon-virginia","name":"Here's how Amazon is investing in Virginia","description":"Amazon employs 45,000 full and part time employees across Virginia.","primaryImageOfPage":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/ea5a391/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1000+0+63/resize/1200x600!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fce%2F60%2F0d873f9448c0b79260c3c7a33c0e%2F1river-va-hero-amazonnews-cek0526.jpg","width":"1200","height":"0"},"text":"![in Virginia](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b349cd5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa9%2Fa7%2F8a71c36240a2bdf47f2bac02c2ed%2Finvestmentva-amazon-inline-ck050726.png)\n\n- [Building a stronger economy](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/4c/db/12740e2648c09bded4f709541ed4/amazoninvestment-virginia-2025.pdf)\n\n![in Virginia](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/19043b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe7%2F4e%2F81ad35924edb81d3542691b454ec%2Femployees-va-amazon-inline-ck050726.png)\n\n- [Supporting good jobs](https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits)\n\n![$119.1 billion+ invested in data center infrastructure in VA](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/275d022/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+107+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Faf%2F61%2F8507d15145249288f59955e34d04%2Fdatacenterinvestment-inline-ck-052126.png)\n\n- [Investing in critical infrastructure](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-data-center-investment-community-impact)\n\n![Aerial view Fredericksburg, Virginia with historic business district, Chatham bridge over Rappahannock River](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/53257bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F71%2Fd6%2F39d7cfa840dd9d17ddcedd2b626c%2F1river-va-hero-amazonnews-cek021526.jpg)\n\n- [5 ways Amazon is investing in Virginia ](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-investment-virginia-jobs-infrastructure-small-business)\n\n### Amazon in your community \n\n![Six diverse professionals in hard hats at construction site](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2bfda9d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4820x3213+446+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Ff4%2F9e%2F9cf3a77d4a6e9f5bd6ddcc7e55ab%2Fimg-1893.jpeg)\n\n- [Amazon breaks ground on 377 all-affordable homes in Alexandria's West End](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-arlington-virginia-news?p=amazon-breaks-ground-on-377-all-affordable-homes-in-alexandrias-west-end)\n\n![Holstein cows grazing in a green pasture with trees in the background on a pasture in Virginia](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b1cacbf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3605x2403+334+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe5%2Fea%2F78a2a5104b1aa5b34ccbfa22d2e9%2Fvirginia-water-projects-sustainability-cdlt-amazonnews-06-12-26.jpg)\n\n- [New Amazon water projects target Chesapeake Bay pollution and water efficiency in Northern Virginia affordable housing](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-water-conservation-replenishment-sustainability?p=new-amazon-water-projects-target-chesapeake-bay-pollution-and-water-efficiency-in-northern-virginia-affordable-housing)\n\n![Volunteers constructing the playground at Fairmont Park in Virginia.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/417bac1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x900+125+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa2%2F09%2F7b8c964e4d60ad175cc3710d7f4d%2Fabout-amazon-inline-fairmont-park-1.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon partners with nonprofit to bring playspaces to Dumfries and Manassas](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-data-centers-locations-news?p=amazon-and-kaboom-tackle-playspace-inequity-throughout-2025)\n\n![An Amazon Volunteer pushes a cart of food to be packaged for the Loudoun Education Foundation.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/2697e31/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe5%2F28%2F12bc470f471e93d222f0a92f235d%2Flef-inline-amazonnews-ck051726.png)\n\n- [How Amazon's partnership with Loudoun Education Foundation is helping deliver 1,500 bags of groceries weekly to students in need](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-data-centers-locations-news?p=neighbors-helping-neighbors-amazons-partnership-with-loudoun-education-foundation-feeds-students-potential)\n\n![A rendering of the aerial view from above Met Park at Amazon's second headquarters.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/e183288/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1218x812+1+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fe9%2F22%2F1243d8e149e19d8b6b2c4b8066a1%2Faerial-view-of-met-park.jpg)\n\n- [How Amazon supports the community and economy at HQ2](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazon-arlington-virginia-news)\n\n### Unlocking opportunities\n\n![Young man in protective gear posing in front of warehouse shelving.](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/a0bfca7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+292+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F7f%2F06%2F88debe7548919136a42473e9a31d%2Fabout-amazon-hero-hero001-aa-careergrowth-as2-5283-copy-8069x4538.jpg)\n\n- [How I went from a college graduate to an Amazon manager with a 7-week program](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-manager-training-college)\n\n![Female fulfillment center worker smiling while operating manufacturing equipment with robotic arms](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/9b378f5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+156+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fcb%2F5f%2F94f82de04f248dfc927be1fc5084%2Fbullet-train-hero-2000x1125-9.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon commits $1 billion to Career Choice employee education program as part of Future Ready 2030 fund](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-future-of-work-skills-jobs-training)\n\n![Amazon employee](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/1b2f416/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F63%2F9a%2F654b8c8741e59c956151c9a5ee85%2Famazonhealthcarebenefits-hero-2000x1125.jpg)\n\n- [5 awesome health benefits many Amazon employees can start using on their first day](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-health-benefits)\n\n![megan coghlan a process assistant at amazon standing in the foreground of an amazon fulfillment center. she is smiling with her hands on her hips and wearing yellow safety vest](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/7bc980c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd5%2F28%2F7e4834c040568be272264a797a75%2Fcareer-choice-hero-2.jpg)\n\n- [Everything you need to know about Career Choice, Amazon’s education benefit that prepays tuition for degrees and skills development](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/career-choice-free-education-for-amazon-employees)\n","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}