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UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID)

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Under constructionNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated October 2, 2026

UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) is a data center under construction in Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County), operated by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center. The public record puts it at announced June 2026, a reported $300,000 investment.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
701 Ilalo St, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI, 96813
Coordinates
21.2952, -157.8637 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$300,000
Announced
June 2026
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
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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 2026
    Under construction
    Reported in June 2026: renovation of the Cancer Center's existing ground-floor data center into the Medical AI Core is already under way, targeting completion by the end of 2026. Source: Government Technology (via Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) in Honolulu, Honolulu 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

UH is renovating the Cancer Center's existing garage-sized, air-conditioned, ground-floor data center room in Kakaʻako into the Medical AI Core (MedAI Core), which will provide high-performance computing for the new Pacific Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Medicine (PAC-AID). PAC-AID is funded by a $12M, five-year NIH COBRE grant, awarded 2026-06-04 and running through February 2031. About $300,000 of that money is going to renovate and equip the room. The Star-Advertiser (via GovTech) calls it a first-of-its-kind AI data center for Hawaiʻi. This is a single room in an existing building, not a campus. No MW, GPU count or cooling method was published. the investment figure covers only the ~$300K room renovation, not the $12M research grant. Coordinates are the OSM feature for the UH Cancer Center building at 701 Ilalo St, the address the Cancer Center publishes.

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 UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) in Honolulu?

Nothing on record as of October 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) in Honolulu, Honolulu 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 UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID)?

No lawsuit over UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) appears in the record we track as of October 2, 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 UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) use?

No water withdrawal figure for UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID) 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 UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID), and how big is it?

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "UH Cancer Center Data Center, Medical AI Core (PAC-AID)," updated October 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/uh-cancer-center-medai-core-honolulu-hi.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/uh-cancer-center-medai-core-honolulu-hi, retrieved October 3, 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.University of Hawaiʻi researchers awarded $12M grant to advance AI, data science in medicine · University of Hawaiʻi News · retrieved October 2, 2026
  2. 2.University of Hawaii to Build Data Center for Healthcare · Government Technology (via Honolulu Star-Advertiser) · retrieved October 2, 2026
  3. 3.UH receives $12 million grant for new AI medical research center · Hawaii News Now · retrieved October 2, 2026
  4. 4.About the University of Hawaii Cancer Center · University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center · retrieved October 2, 2026

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