Country
South Korea
AI data center dossier
Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2)
Seoul, Seoul Capital Area, South Korea/datacenters/aws-seoul-ap-northeast-2-south-korea.html
Operator
Amazon Web Services
Energy
Renewable
Known capacity
250 MW
Evidence profile
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Readiness
100%
Sources attachedVerified
2 citations linked
CoordinatesPublished
37.5665, 126.978
Timeline evidencePartial
1 dated field available
Machine-readable outputsPublished
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Machine-readable outputs
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Record Notes
AWS's Seoul region (AP Northeast 2), launched in January 2016, is one of Amazon's fastest-growing cloud regions globally. South Korea's position as a semiconductor powerhouse — home to Samsung and SK Hynix, the world's largest memory chip manufacturers — makes it a natural hub for AI compute infrastructure. The Seoul region hosts AWS's full AI service stack: SageMaker for model training, Amazon Bedrock for foundation model access, and AWS Trainium chips for cost-efficient AI training. Major Korean conglomerates (chaebols) including Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and SK have committed hundreds of millions in AWS cloud AI spending. In 2024, AWS announced a $6 billion investment in South Korea through 2028 to expand its Seoul infrastructure and launch a second Korean region. The expansion includes dedicated AI training clusters and Bedrock capacity to support Korean AI startups. Samsung has a strategic partnership with AWS to run Galaxy AI features on AWS infrastructure. AWS is working with KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) on renewable energy procurement for Korean operations.
Analyst Flags
No obvious coverage gaps detected in the current structured record.
Timeline Signals
Earliest market signal2016
Nearby Facilities
Other tracked AI data centers within 300 km of this location.
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Intelligence Reports
Structured analysis covering this facility's operator and market context.
Frequently asked questions
- How big is Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2)?
- Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2) has 250 MW of known IT capacity, located in Seoul, Seoul Capital Area, South Korea. It ranks #133 globally by capacity among 335 tracked facilities.
- What is the status of Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2)?
- Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2) is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Earliest market signal 2016.
- Who operates Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2)?
- Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2) is operated by Amazon Web Services. Structured intelligence reports are available for Amazon Web Services Operator Report and South Korea Country Report.
- What energy source does Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2) use?
- Amazon Web Services — Seoul Region (AP Northeast 2) is powered by renewable energy and is focused on sagemaker, bedrock, trainium, enterprise ai workloads. This is backed by 2 cited sources.