Secret Internet data centers in New York

The buildings are carefully guarded, equipped with bi-layer biometric locking systems, with millions of kilometers of interlocking cables inside.

Internet houses in New York

Building No. 60 Hudson Street , New York, was built in the 1930s, which is the headquarters of Western Union in the years 1930-1973, a world-famous money transfer and telegraph company.Today, it is one of the "meridian" buildings of the global Internet system, the headquarters of more than 100 telecommunications companies.(Photo: Wikimedia).

The building extends from Hudson Street through Thomas, Wort and West.It is a complex consisting of offices, cafes, classrooms, gyms, and Internet data centers, 24 stories high, total area of ​​more than 167,000 square meters.The building is guarded.The entrance to the data center is biometric mantrap system, consisting of two doors, accessed by biometric keys such as fingerprints or iris scanning, the first door is closed, and the second door continues. open.

The interlocking cable system, totaling over 21,000km in underground tunnels, connects with hotels, airports, banks, financial centers, to over 300 different local and international networks.

Color cables express speed in the Internet center, yellow cable is high-speed optical fiber, gray is low bandwidth.On the left is a slow copper cable being replaced by an optical cable.

Network Operations Center (NOC), which monitors and controls all devices in the 60 Hudson building.

With this huge amount of data transmitted, the building has a huge backup system available.If the main system fails, the auxiliary system will be maintained by a 20-cylinder diesel engine.

The building is at the center of activities in New York, and the network infrastructure is constantly expanding.

In addition to Hudson's 60 building, the Internet database is also located at 111 8th Avenue, and 325 Hudson Street.
In the photo, building number 111 is being installed with new equipment.

Server system in building No. 85, 10th Avenue, New York.This building, built in 1913, was the headquarters of Nabisco biscuit manufacturing company, before they sold it in 1959 and is now converted into an office building and headquarters of many telecommunications companies. .

Large, thick, thick wires hidden behind ceiling panels, throughout the No. 60 Hudson building.

The roof-mounted exhaust fan system, responsible for draining heat and cooling machinery, is located in the No. 60 Hudson building.

Technicians are always available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, making sure everything works smoothly. In the photo, the employee is looking for a new place for the customer, at 325 Hudson Street. This is a 10-storey building, 22,300m ² wide, which is a warehouse built in 1965.