Walmart announced the opening of its fifth next-generation fulfillment center in Stockton, California. The facility, spread across 900,000 square feet, will increase Walmart’s storage capacity and allow it to fulfill more orders across California and the West Coast, according to the retailer.

Walmart ranks No. 2 in Digital Commerce 360’s Top 1000 Database, which tracks North America’s largest online retailers by their annual ecommerce sales.

Walmart is also No. 37 in Digital Commerce 360’s AI Commerce Rankings. That set of rankings is available in the Top 1000 Pro with AI Database.

The centerpiece of Walmart’s Stockton fulfillment center is its automated, high-density storage and retrieval system that brings products directly to associates rather than requiring workers to travel the facility floor. That reduces an otherwise 12-step fulfilment process to just five steps, leaving more time for workers to focus on higher-value tasks, Walmart said.

Walmart now processes more than half of its ecommerce fulfillment volume through automated facilities, according to figures the company shared with investors along with Walmart online sales updates in its fiscal Q2 earnings results. 3,100 of Walmart’s U.S. stores also use automated freight to some capacity. 

Combined with Walmart’s broader fulfillment network, the company says its next-generation fulfillment centers now enable it to reach 95% of the U.S. population with next- or two-day shipping.

S. in a written statement .

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