60 Hudson Street (Western Union Building)

The story

Completed in 1930 as the worldwide headquarters of the Western Union Telegraph Company, 60 Hudson Street was designed by Ralph Walker in Dutch brick Art Deco style. When telegraphy yielded to fiber optics, the building's massive copper conduit risers and heavy floor loadings made it the natural hub for trans-Atlantic cables landing on the Atlantic coast. Today 60 Hudson is one of the world's dense carrier hotels, with hundreds of global telcos, content providers, and financial networks cross-connecting in its second-floor Meet-Me Room.

Notable

• Built in 1930 as the world headquarters of the Western Union Telegraph Company with 24 stories of brick and terra cotta.
• Hosts hundreds of domestic and international carriers interconnecting through legendary meet-me rooms.
• Terminal point for dozens of transatlantic subsea cables landing in New Jersey and Long Island.
• Operates specialized high-capacity fuel systems with large basement diesel storage supporting Manhattan emergency loads.

Expansions

• 1930: completed as worldwide headquarters of Western Union Telegraph Company
• 1980s: converted to premier fiber-optic carrier hotel in New York City
• 2012: survived Superstorm Sandy floodwaters maintaining uninterrupted power
• 2020: Cordiant Capital acquires DataGryd data halls within building