Noon.com has opened UAE’s largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi through a partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and KEZAD Group.
The centre will be located in KEZAD and constructed using Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi – KEZAD Group’s Build-to-Suit solution. Noon will use the emirate’s location and connectivity to improve delivery services for millions of customers in the UAE and create opportunities for businesses to sell products through the noon platform. The facility will introduce automation technologies for the region’s e-commerce infrastructure.
The 252,000-square-metre facility is set to create thousands of jobs and support growth in the emirate’s digital economy.
Inside noon’s largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi
The centre, equivalent to 35 football pitches, will enable delivery of products across the UAE market and serve as a hub for noon’s smaller fulfilment centres.
The facility will feature automation technologies for storage, material movement and sorting. Noon will hire more than 6,000 employees, from entry to executive positions, creating opportunities for talent across all education, background and skill levels in the emirate.
The operations will strengthen e-commerce as a sub-sector within the emirate’s ICT cluster. It will enable entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs to use noon’s platform, technology and delivery networks to reach customers.
The e-commerce platfrom will operate in line with Abu Dhabi’s e-commerce policy launched in August 2021 to unlock investment opportunities in the emirate.
