Online retail giant Amazon plans to invest nearly $US1.5 billion ($A2.0 billion) to build an air cargo hub in Kentucky.
The air hub planned at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron will support the company's growing fleet of Prime Air cargo planes, Seattle-based Amazon said in a news release on Tuesday.
State economic development officials in Kentucky say Amazon plans will create 2700 full and part-time jobs.
The Kentucky Economic Development Authority has given preliminary approval to a tax-incentive package worth up to $US40 million ($A53 million) for Amazon over the next 10 years if it meets job and wage targets.
Northern Kentucky economic development official Dan Tobergte says Amazon's is the largest single investment ever by a company in northern Kentucky.
