In the summer of 2011, Time Warner Cable’s mission critical team was presented with a unique problem: How do you build nearly 15,000 sq ft of data center space in one of the most expensive and densely populated neighborhoods in the United States? Their answer is a new, full 2N structured Tier 4 facility located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side that will be extremely energy-efficient and accommodate nearly 800 kW of data center load. Sal Azzaro, Time Warner Cable’s regional director of facilities and real estate for the Northeast and New York, noted, “From a mission critical standpoint, it’s a very ingenious use of inner city, metro-urban space.”
Time Warner Cable provides internet, phone, and television service to millions of homes and businesses across the United States. To support nearly 1.5 million customers in the New York metro area, the company operates mission critical equipment out of 40 hub sites across the five boroughs of New York City and the Hudson Valley region.