Impact: HighAir Freight and Fulfilment Network Design2026-07-05· The Australian
Amazon plans a 200,000-square-metre logistics facility beside Western Sydney Airport
Amazon is planning one of its largest Australian logistics facilities beside Western Sydney International Airport. The proposed site would connect fulfilment capacity with a new 24-hour airfreight gateway and reinforce Western Sydney’s emerging logistics cluster.
The Dataleo angle
The affected decision is how inventory and fulfilment flows should be repositioned around a new air gateway. Value requires the facility’s inventory role, inbound transport, airport capacity and final-mile network to be designed as one system. The failure mode is adding a very large building without sufficient throughput, labour or flight connectivity to justify its fixed capacity.