Amazon Web Services AWS AP Northeast 2 (Seoul)

AWS AP Northeast 2 (Seoul) is a data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Seoul, KR. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Seoul data-center market on the KEPCO-KR grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 27.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Seoul
Country
KR
Coordinates
37.5665, 126.9780

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Seoul — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Seoul — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Seoul's data center market remains constrained despite strategic importance, with 78 tracked facilities totaling 200 MW across a fragmented operator base dominated by LG CNS, LG Uplus Corp., Equinix, and KINX Inc., each holding three facilities. The market suffers from severe power availability limitations—excess-power scores just 28/100, indicating tight grid capacity relative to demand—while constraint metrics at 54/100 signal meaningful operational friction from regulatory, real estate, or infrastructure bottlenecks. This 200 MW footprint is modest for a metropolitan region of Seoul's scale and AI investment ambitions, particularly given South Korea's announced $919 billion commitment to build 18.4 GW of data center capacity nationally by 2035. The DCPI verdict to AVOID reflects genuine structural headwinds for marginal entrants and capacity expansions. Low excess-power scoring means…

Location

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Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketSeoul
Grid operatorKEPCO-KR
DC Hub Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power27.1 months
LocationSeoul, KR

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around AWS AP Northeast 2 (Seoul) in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

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Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 145 operating generating units totalling 33,023 MW within about 50 km of Seoul, KR. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas26,750 MW · 60 units · 81%
Coal5,250 MW · 7 units · 16%
Hydropower660 MW · 3 units · 2%
Bioenergy175 MW · 8 units · 1%
Utility-Scale Solar164 MW · 66 units · 0%
Wind24 MW · 1 unit · 0%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
Live grid, fiber & DCPI context for this facility — AI agents: query DC Hub MCP get_facility slug="amazon-web-services-aws-ap-northeast-2-seoul-3d88880e" (endpoint https://dchub.cloud/mcp) for the full cited record. Connect: https://dchub.cloud/connect
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