Pihana Opens LA Facility

May 30, 2001 -- Pihana Pacific, an Internet data center operator targeting the Asia/Pacific market, today announced it has opened a data center in Los Angeles.
Pihana said the 66,000 square foot facility will serve as a communication bridge between Asia/Pacific and North America. The new data center is interconnected to the One Wilshire carrier hotel.
"Our L.A. facility is a cornerstone to our business strategy," said Richard Kalbrener, president and CEO of Pihana Pacific. "It provides the major market U.S. presence key to our regional footprint.''
Among the customers already signed up for the new Los Angeles center are Level 3, Cogent, Broadband Highway, Myrient, Looking Glass, GCS, QoS and Colopro.com.
Pihana's carrier-neutral data centers in Seoul, Hong Kong and Sydney will open next month, completing the company's footprint in Asia/Pacific. Other centers are in Tokyo, Taipei and San Francisco
Founded in January 2000, Pihana Pacific has raised $236 million to build neutral Internet data centers in the Asia/Pacific region. Its investors include Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity, LoneTree Capital, UBS Capital and GE Capital Telecom.