2016 AI Data Center Feed

Amazon Web Services' Ohio region (us-east-2) is anchored in New Albany, just northeast of Columbus. AWS launched the region in 2016 and has continuously expanded, making the Columbus metro area one of the largest AWS infrastructure concentr

Microsoft's data center campus in Goodyear, Arizona — in the western Phoenix metro area — is a key node of Azure's West US 3 region and a growing hub for AI inference workloads supporting Microsoft Copilot and the Azure OpenAI Service. Micr

Microsoft Azure UK South — the London region — is Microsoft's primary UK cloud and AI data center, launched in 2016 alongside the paired UK West (Cardiff) region. The London facilities span multiple data centers in the Thames Valley and Gre

Amazon Web Services AP-SOUTH-1 — the Mumbai region — is AWS's primary Indian AI cloud region, launched in June 2016 and subsequently joined by the Hyderabad region (AP-SOUTH-2, 2022) as part of AWS's expanding India infrastructure. Operatin

Amazon Web Services EU-WEST-2 — the London region — is AWS's primary UK cloud and AI infrastructure hub, launched in December 2016. The region operates three availability zones across facilities in the London metropolitan area and is the la

Google's Eemshaven data center in the northern Netherlands is one of the company's largest European AI compute facilities. Located in the port area of Eemshaven, near Delfzijl in the province of Groningen, the campus benefits from access to

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 m

Google's Tokyo data center campus (Google Cloud region asia-northeast1) is one of the company's largest infrastructure footprints in Asia and the primary hub for AI inference and training serving Japanese enterprise customers. The facility

Microsoft Azure UK West — the Cardiff, Wales region — launched in 2016 as the disaster-recovery and data-residency pair to Azure UK South (London). The Wales region ensures UK data residency compliance for enterprise and government customer

Alibaba Cloud's Japan region, operating from Tokyo since 2016, serves the company's Japanese enterprise customer base and acts as a gateway for Chinese companies doing AI business in Japan. The Japan region hosts Alibaba's AI Platform PAI (