Amazon.com plans to split its second headquarters between two locations rather than picking one site. The Seattle-based e-commerce and cloud computing company is weighing evenly distributing its needs for up to 50,000 employees among the two areas, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter.
The company has not made a final decision on which two it will pick, but a decision could come as early as this week. The news is a major twist in a high-profile prospect that has gripped economic development officials across the country for more than a year. The decision to split HQ2 in two is being made, in part, to recruit enough tech talent.