Amazon Web Services China Northwest (CN-NORTHWEST-1, Zhongwei)
CNingxia, China · CN · Amazon Web Services (Amazon.com Inc.)
OperationalAI-Capable HyperscaleVerified
Environment
Water Stress
highA
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023
Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
680 gCO₂/kWhB
IEA Electricity Information 2022, China (Northwest Grid) / Ember 2023, 2022
Grid RegionNorthwest China Grid (SGCC)
Drought Risk
medium
NOAA/WMO Global Climate Data, 2023
Environmental Review
approved
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Environmental Bureau
Facility
CategoryAI-Capable Hyperscale
StatusOperational
Year Opened2017
Capacity
60 MWD
Capacity estimated from two-AZ campus at Zhongwei, operated by NWCD (宁夏西云数据). Cold highland climate (~1,200 m elevation) enables free-air cooling year-round. Amazon does not disclose facility-level capacity.
Location
37.5100, 105.1900 · CN
RegionNingxia, China
Research statusVerified
Last verified2026-06-01
Evidence (1 source)
Journalism2017-12-01Amazon Web Services China
Confirms operational status, 2017 launch, Zhongwei location, and NWCD as the authorised operator for aws cn-northwest-1.
AWS launched its China (Ningxia) region operated by NWCD in Zhongwei in late 2017, the second AWS region in China.
← Back to mapRecord updated 2026-06-01