Amazon Web Services US East 2 (Ohio — New Albany)
BCentral Ohio, US · US · Amazon Web Services (Amazon.com Inc.)
OperationalAI-Capable HyperscaleVerified
Environment
Water Stress
lowA
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023
Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
410 gCO₂/kWhA
EPA eGrid 2022, PJM RFCW subregion, 2022
Grid RegionPJM RFCW subregion
Drought Risk
low
NOAA Palmer Drought Severity Index, 2023
Environmental Review
approved
Franklin County, Ohio permit records
Facility
CategoryAI-Capable Hyperscale
StatusOperational
Year Opened2016
Capacity
300 MWD
Capacity estimated from multiple AZ campuses across New Albany and adjacent Franklin County; Amazon does not disclose facility-level capacity. AWS announced a $7.8B Ohio investment through 2030.
Location
40.0800, -82.7900 · US
RegionCentral Ohio, US
Research statusVerified
Last verified2026-06-01
Evidence (1 source)
Journalism2016-10-17Amazon Web Services
Confirms October 2016 launch, Ohio location, and multi-AZ configuration of AWS us-east-2.
AWS US East (Ohio) Region launched October 2016 with two Availability Zones; expanded to three AZs in 2018, serving Eastern US latency-sensitive workloads as a complement to us-east-1 (Virginia).
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