1547 and HPT teams up to develop A Data Center in Hawaii

fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty and Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT) have jointly announced the formation of Hawaii Pacific Data LLC, which will be a joint venture to develop a data center adjacent to the HPT facility in Kapolei, Hawaii.  This data center has been designed to provide commercial and government clients with secure, high availability, critical infrastructure to support telecom, cloud presence, content delivery, and IT data system hosting.
 
Leeana Smith-Ryland, Managing General Partner, HPT, said, "Hawaii Pacific Data's geographic location and direct access to Hawaii Pacific Teleport provides a unique datacenter solution for Trans-Pacific network operators, satellite network operators, content providers, cloud providers, financial organizations, enterprise, and social media firms. The success of many organizations depends on reliable, cost-effective international business communications. Together with 1547, we are developing this high-density datacenter facility as a critical meeting point in the Pacific."
 
"The Hawaii Pacific Data campus will bridge together international satellite, submarine, and terrestrial fiber optic providers, and will serve as a critical, high-power, high-availability location for customers in the region and across the world. We are excited to partner with Leeana and the team at HPT on this unique project and look forward to developing the property into the premier datacenter and network interconnection facility in the Pacific." said J. Todd Raymond, Managing Partner of 1547.
 
In the initial phase, this joint venture will redevelop an existing facility to provide over 200 customer cabinets in a secure, redundant environment. Furthermore, Hawaii Pacific Data’s strategic location adjoining HPT will provide additional redundancy for datacenter customers and multiple alternatives for routing traffic.