Here are a few examples of data towers or telecommunications buildings.
375_Pearl_Street is quite an example of fitting a lot of data support systems in one concentrated location since 1975.
http://www.informationweek.com/government/information-management/new-yorks-32-story-data-fortress-inside/240151545
Of course in effect, any such building becomes a node within the Internet.
http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/2013/04/18/375-pearl-street-continues-transformation-into-intergate-manhattan-data-center,
http://observer.com/2012/10/enter-the-matrix-high-tech-high-rise-data-farm-puts-down-roots-in-lower-manhattan/375-pearl-street,
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/06/07/sabey-acquires-huge-verizon-building-in-nyc
33 Thomas is even more of a modern fortress high rise, albeit from 1974.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street#History
The 1927 Verizon_Building is a strong old bulky telecommunications complex.
Although its a tough old building, it has sustained a couple of strong impacts.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204707104578091171538491386.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/140_New_Montgomery, SF
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=59752123&page=2
In the 1920s & 1930s it was amazing enough just to have a big telephone building in the city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication#Computer_networks_and_the_Internet, http://www.fiberise.com/computer-networks-and-the-internet,
Several decades later, telecommunications & marketing networks & other systems have become immense.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/microsoft-twitter-rivals-nsa-requests
At this point, big data is only limited by the level of technology being used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_hotel#Benefits, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoreSite
One Wilshire L.A.
http://www.coresite.com/one-wilshire-data-center.php,
http://www.emporis.com/building/one-wilshire-los-angeles-ca-usa,
http://www.carrierhotels.com/properties/onewilshire, http://ix2.net/infrastructure/west-coast-leadership,
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/08/06/las-one-wilshire-sold-for-287-million
AT&T Center_(Los_Angeles)
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2525
The 611_Place was an AT&T tower for a while & the Whitacre_Tower in Dallas still is.
The Westin_Building, Seattle. http://www.seattleix.net,
http://www.westinbuilding.com/telecom, http://www.carrierhotels.com/properties/westin
Amazon has big plans to locate near the Westin Building.
http://www.djc.com/news/re/12048070.html,
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/03/amazon-denny-triangle-office-project.html,
http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019996116_amazonrealestate27.html,
http://www.planetizen.com/node/59965, http://www.geekwire.com/2013/city-records-amazon-expansion,
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/amazons-bezos-urban-campus-inherently-environmentally-friendly-biospheres
Data-marketing & commerce in general, have become so intertwined over the years. Indeed, corporations & governments like to acquire as much data as possible.
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/monicas-nsa-column-links-pic-put-tonight
