Data Centers Migrate to NYC's Exurbs

There has been a lively trade in New York converting old industrial buildings to telecom hotels. Now they're moving far from the urban core.

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September 7, 2000, 5:00 AM PDT

By Taub Urban Res…

While many of Manhattan's old industrial buildings have been reconceived as housing for the infrastructure of the Internet Economy, large facilities that house web servers are setting up shop far from the urban core.

Thanks to Telecom-Cities Research Network Taub Urban Research Center, New York University

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Wednesday, September 6, 2000 in The New York Times

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