VIRGINIA BEACH — Amazon recently opened a second massive facility where an army of robots fetch customers’ orders before handing them off to employees.

The new Virginia Beach fulfillment center at 1795 Dam Neck Road began its initial operations about four weeks ago.

“When a customer hits ‘Buy Now,’ the journey of their package begins at a fulfillment center just like the one in Virginia Beach,” Amazon spokesperson Sam Fisher said in an email.

Amazon has hired roughly 700 employees to work in the new 650,000 square foot building and plans to hire more people, Fisher said. The jobs range from robot technicians to inventory pickers and box packagers. The starting salary is $19 per hour.

The fulfillment center is more than three times as big as a new Amazon delivery center down the stree

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