Amazon will expand its tech hub in Austin, creating 800 cloud computing, engineering and research jobs in the state capital.

Along with Dallas, Austin is one of Amazon's 17 tech hubs around the country that build cutting-edge new products and services for the online giant's customers. After nixing its plans in February to put an HQ2 in New York City, the Seattle-based company said it wouldn't start a new search but instead would look to expand its existing tech hubs.

Since 2011, Amazon has invested $7 billion in Texas, creating more than 22,000 jobs and adding infrastructure along the way.

"With today's announcement and continued investment in the technology sector, Texas will continue to chart a path toward greater economic prosperity," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement.

One of Amazon's general managers cited a "strong pool" of technical talent and quality of life as reasons for its investment in Austin, something Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said was lacking from Dallas' offer for the company's HQ2. Dallas was a finalist for what was commonly described as the biggest economic development prize in years.

The company now has around 500 workers in the Dallas area in its retail and Amazon web services businesses. The expansion of Amazon's Austin hub ties it with Boston for the third largest concentration of employees, with 1,800. Only the San Francisco Bay area and New York have larger workforces.

Dallas-Fort Worth already has seen some additional jobs since Amazon pulled out of New York. In December, the company said it would building a regional air hub at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth that'll bring hundreds of jobs to North Texas.