Walmart has confirmed plans to build a fulfillment center near Atlanta with sophisticated operations. High-tech fulfillment center storage shuttles like this can be found in many Walmart fulfillment centers.
Walmart, Inc. plans to build a high-tech, next-generation fulfillment center in Carnesville, GA, creating 1,000 new jobs and bringing $1.3 billion in investment to Franklin County. The new 1.5 million-square-foot automated facility will be located at the Franklin 85 Logistics Center in Carnesville, GA — approximately 85 miles from Atlanta.
Walmart’s Footprint of Fulfillment Centers
Walmart’s next-generation fulfillment centers are located in strategic markets to expand same-day and next-day shipping capabilities across the United States. Construction is expected to begin in late 2026.
Walmart’s presence in Georgia includes 209 Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs, as well as 11 supply chain facilities, employing more than 65,300 associates across the state. The retailer also supports local businesses in Georgia, spending more than $26.2 billion with Georgia suppliers and supporting more than 167,600 supplier jobs in fiscal year 2025, alone.
“As customer expectations continue to evolve, investments like our new fulfillment center in Carnesville help us deliver the speed, convenience, and reliability customers count on,” says Karisa Sprague, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Walmart U.S. “We’re excited to join the Carnesville community and create meaningful career opportunities where associates can grow and build their future with Walmart.”
“This massive investment from Walmart in a rural part of our state will not only create new, good-paying jobs for hardworking Georgians, it will also allow them to work close to home rather than commuting to a larger city for work,” adds Governor Brian P. Kemp in a recent news release.
Walmart’s Continuous Investment in Supply Chain
Walmart executives have repeatedly and formally described supply chain investment as a long-term, continuing strategic priority, particularly around fulfillment capacity, automation, distribution center modernization and AI/data.
Some examples of these formal initiative and corporate goals:
- Walmart continues to make supply chain transformation investments to scale, In its May 2026 Q1 FY27 earnings materials, Walmart said “our investments in automation across our supply chain in the U.S. continue to scale.
- Walmart is “reengineering its supply chain” into a more intelligent, connected and automated omnichannel network using data, software and automation. Walmart projected that by the end of FY2026, about 65% of stores would be serviced by automation and roughly 55% of fulfillment-center volume would move through automated facilities. CFO John David Rainey also described Walmart's strategy as scaling “proven, high-return investments.” Capital spending was specifically focused on technology, supply chain and customer-facing initiatives. This was announced during Walmart’s Investment Community Meeting (April 2023)
- David Guggina, Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Jennifer McKeehan, Senior Vice President of Transportation and Delivery say that Walmart is actively enhancing its supply chain, store and delivery capabilities and making significant technology investments. They also said Walmart was continuing to rapidly expand next-generation technology across its DCs as part of a comprehensive plan for speed, accuracy and availability.
The Carnesville, GA Fulfillment Center represents the latest step in Walmart's multi-year effort to build a more automated, technology-driven supply chain.
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