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Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building)

Honolulu, Honolulu County County, Hawaii

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 21, 2026

Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) is an operating data center in Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County County), operated by State of Hawaii Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
State of Hawaii Office of Enterprise Technology Services
Facility type
Data center
Location
1151 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County County, HI, 96813
Coordinates
21.3056, -157.8556
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. June 2023
    Operating
    Civil Beat reported the state's primary data center still operating in the flood-prone basement of the Kalanimōkū Building, with sensitive criminal-justice and tax data still housed there, and no clear relocation plan. Source: Honolulu Civil Beat

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) in Honolulu, Honolulu County County, Hawaii appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

The state's primary enterprise data center is in the basement of the Kalanimōkū state office building. SB284 SD1 says it was created more than forty years ago, has had minimal upgrades, and is 'no longer used to run any critical state programs' in its current condition. The bill would have required it to be decommissioned by June 30, 2024, but enactment was not verified. In 2023 Civil Beat reported that about 70% of ETS data had moved to out-of-state servers, that sensitive data remained in the basement, and that Gov. Green had rejected relocation to the proposed Mililani First Responders Technology Campus. Whether the facility is still in use as of 2026 is not confirmed.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) in Honolulu?

Nothing on record as of October 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) in Honolulu, Honolulu County County, Hawaii appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building)?

No lawsuit over Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) appears in the record we track as of October 21, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building), and how big is it?

State of Hawaii Office of Enterprise Technology Services is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Hawaii State Data Center (Kalanimōkū Building)," updated October 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hawaii-ets-kalanimoku-state-data-center-honolulu-hi.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/hawaii-ets-kalanimoku-state-data-center-honolulu-hi, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Hawaii's Critical Data Is At Risk From Flooding. So Why Wait To Move It? · Honolulu Civil Beat · retrieved October 21, 2026
  2. 2.SB284 SD1 (2024): relocation of the state data center from the Kalanimoku building · Hawaii State Legislature · retrieved October 21, 2026
  3. 3.OpenStreetMap: Kalanimoku Building, 1151 Punchbowl Street (way 134104678) · OpenStreetMap Nominatim · retrieved October 21, 2026

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