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Amazon Web Services Seoul (AP-NORTHEAST-2)

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Seoul Capital Area, South Korea · KR · Amazon Web Services (Amazon.com Inc.)

OperationalAI-Capable HyperscaleVerified

Environment

Water Stress
mediumB

WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023

Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
436 gCO₂/kWhA

IEA Electricity Information 2022, South Korea, 2022

Grid RegionKEPCO National Grid
Drought Risk
low

Korea Meteorological Administration, 2023

Environmental Review
approved

Ministry of Environment, South Korea

Facility

CompanyAmazon Web Services (Amazon.com Inc.)
CategoryAI-Capable Hyperscale
StatusOperational
Year Opened2016
Capacity
150 MWD

Capacity estimated across four AZs (fourth added 2024); AWS ap-northeast-2 is one of AWS's most used APAC regions.

Location
37.5600, 126.9700 · KR
RegionSeoul Capital Area, South Korea
Research statusVerified
Last verified2025-05-01

Evidence (1 source)

Now Open — AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) RegionHigh trust
Journalism2016-01-06Amazon Web Services

Confirms January 2016 launch and Seoul location of AWS ap-northeast-2.

AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region launched with two Availability Zones in January 2016; a fourth AZ was added in 2024.
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