33 Thomas Street AT&T Long Lines Building
Sector: Road • Location: New York City, New York, United States
Source: The Times of India
33 Thomas Street is a 29-story, 550-foot tall windowless skyscraper in Manhattan, New York, built in the 1970s as a telephone switching hub for AT&T's long-distance telephone traffic. Designed like a fortress to withstand a nuclear blast and operate independently for up to two weeks, it houses telecommunications infrastructure and high-security data-center space. It is part of a network of similar
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Road, Nuclear, Data Center, Broadband, Telecommunications, Commercial
- Location
- New York City, New York, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- The Times of India
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | 33 Thomas Street is a 29-story, 550-foot tall windowless skyscraper in Manhattan, New York, built in the 1970s as a telephone switching hub for AT&T's long-distance telephone traffic. Designed like a fortress to withstand a nuclear blast and operate independently for up to two weeks, it houses telecommunications infrastructure and high-security data-center space. It is part of a network of similar windowless telecommunications buildings across major US cities, serving as central switching and routing hubs for phone and internet traffic. |
Original sector | Telecommunications |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | New York |
City | New York City |
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Source | The Times of India |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Road, Nuclear, Data Center, Broadband, Telecommunications, Commercial |
Article published date | 2025-12-02 |
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