Harrison Street, an alternative real estate investment firm, and 1547 Critical Systems Realty (1547 CSR), a data center and solutions provider, both of whom are large investors in digital infrastructure from the mainland US, have acquired a key carrier hotel data center in Oahu, Hawaii.
This data center network asset, called AlohaNAP, sits at the center of a hub that connects the US to several countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. This acquisition, along with other stories we have recently covered, is another indicator of the importance of the APAC region for global connectivity and data center providers.
Significant value resides in low-latency, high-redundancy connectivity between the US and APAC markets, which is critical for businesses and governments -- connectivity which is facilitated by the AlohaNAP link to submarine cable networks and the redundant satellite connectivity availability.
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