About two years ago, DigiKey, a distributor of electronic, automation and control components, unveiled the company's new 1 million square foot facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The warehouse has 2.2 million usable square feet, making it one of the largest warehouses in North America. The warehouse is so big you could lay down the Empire State Building inside of it, and it's so technologically advanced that some employees say it's like working on the Death Star--logistically, not ideologically. 

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