Acquisition of AlohaNAP Hawaiian Data Center highlights APAC’s importance to corporate America

Working on the edge

The acquisition of the AlohaNAP data center will play a critical role in Hawaii’s rapidly growing edge computing market.

AlohaNAP will serve as a key intersection for data exchange in the Pacific, and with their expansion plans, will provide companies with the ability to deploy a US-based edge presence with lower latency for APAC customers.

Significant value lies in low-latency, high-redundancy connectivity between the US and APAC markets, which is critical to enterprises and governments – connectivity facilitated by the AlohaNAP connection to submarine cable networks and the availability of redundant satellite connectivity.

Multinational corporations with operations in the US and APAC are the main customers for these services, as are the hyperscalers expanding their global reach.

AlohaNAP expansion plans and capacity growth

Harrison Street and 1547 CSR have announced aggressive expansion plans for AlohaNAP, which will begin with the development of an additional 10,300 square feet and 1.5 MW (megawatts) of data center capacity to support approximately 200 new cabinets.

The initial expansion, now called Phase 1, will increase the total capacity of the data center to 2.7 MW and 22,800 square meters.

The current facility has 10,200 square meters of space and 1.5 MW of available power. The new building will almost double the available capacity and is only the first step in the creation of a multi-building data center campus, according to the acquisition announcement.

Hawaii as a data hub?

It is also hoped that this acquisition and investment in campus development will also mark Hawaii’s emergence as a data hub.

Hawaii is not known for its technology sector, but it is increasingly developing a technological and digital economy in addition to its tourism-based economy. If AlohaNAP’s expansion follows the path of other major data center investments, it has the potential to attract new investment to the state.

Additional construction of data centers usually means more jobs in construction, maintenance, IT and network technology. The presence of a world-class data center could also encourage more tech companies to locate in Hawaii and bring more businesses to the state.

A partnership based on connectivity

Harrison Street and 1547 CSR appear to share a similar vision of improving connectivity in the world’s major markets.

Harrison Street is a pioneer in the digital asset space and has deployed more than $4.7 billion in the digital infrastructure sector since 2018, while 1547 CSR brings deep experience in designing, building and operating custom-engineered data centers, enabling they are all well positioned for this partnership. .

J. Todd Raymond, CEO and Managing Director at 1547 CSR, said: