Hudson Technology Center - Manhattan, NY
Client: Jamestown Properties
Summary: This Colocation Data Center / Meet-Me-Room in lower Manhattan, designed by SIGMA7, is a re-purposed 11-story, 240,000SF former manufacturing facility. The building now serves as a reliable mission-critical facility accommodating multiple tenants, including data centers, telecommunications, and television production.
SIGMA7 developed the concept, master plan, architectural design and engineering for the Hudson Street Technology Center in lower Manhattan. The existing 240,000 SF, eleven floor building was originally constructed in the 1950’s as a manufacturing facility. The SIGMA7 team developed the design to convert it into a reliable mission critical facility that houses multiple data center, telecommunications, and television production tenants.
The facility is organized to provide flexibility of occupancy with multiple scenarios developed that allow multi-floor, single and partial floor tenants. Further, the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure can be Tenant or Landlord installed and managed. The building services are located to optimize capacity, reliability, diversity and flexibility.
Since its transformation in 2000, the SIGMA7 team has been the building Engineer and Architect. We have designed and coordinated every project implemented within the facility over the past 20 years in addition to managing the transition of Ownership in 2012. The building was repositioned in the mid-2000 to introduce additional office and high tech tenants. SIGMA7 supported this effort and designed building infrastructure upgrades including a new façade, storefront, retail tenant spaces, elevator and lobby renovations.
Current projects for the new Owner have been designed to take the operation of the building to a new level of telecommunication interconnect infrastructure, and leverage its unique position along a fiber rich corridor in lower Manhattan. New Meet-Me-Rooms (MMR) have been constructed, to support several national and international carriers. In addition a new wireless MMR will be constructed on the roof with a clear view across Manhattan, Northern New Jersey and beyond.
The basement levels, roof top and riser shafts have been pre-designed to accommodate the infrastructure for the ultimate fit out.
This unique technology center is located in a ten-story structure in lower Manhattan.
The meet-me-room (MMR) outside cable plant is fed by redundant incoming electrical services and fiber POEs. The fiber plant includes more than a dozen fiber providers.
The MMR is fit out with hot/cold aisle configured rack rows as well as dedicated/caged 'client-suites.'
Pre-built multi-tier ladder rack and fiber trough provide maximum flexibility and ease of installation and maintenance.
The colocation facilities include redundant AC and DC power capabilities with UPS and Generator back-up.
The redundant mechanical and electrical infrastructure is located within a secure gallery.
Redundant and compartmentalized systems further enhance reliability.
Equipment is efficiently and logically laid out to maximize floor space and ease of operation.
The concurrently maintainable cooling plant consists of dry coolers and air-cooled chillers located on roof dunnage and a dunnage penthouse. The generators are located rooftop as well.
