Telehouse Chelsea Center (85 10th Avenue)

The Telehouse Chelsea datacenter at 85 10th Ave was opened in 2011 and was previously a Lehman Brothers facility. The building is the closest datacenter to 111 8th without actually being in 111 8th.

Location:

The 11-story full-block structure from 10th to 11th Avenue and 15th to 16th Street. 85 Tenth Avenue is a 635,000-square-foot, located on the border of West Chelsea and the Meatpacking District.

85 10th Peering Exchanges and Connectivity:

• NYIIX available (Telehouse operated)
• DE-CIX New York

Telehouse is operated as a carrier neutral hotel and continues to win more networks in its site. The following networks have announced deployments at 85 10th Ave:

• Level3
• GTT Communications
• Hurricane Electric
• Console
• Axiom Fiber Networks
• Atlantic Metro Communications (Source)
• Cleareon Fiber Networks

85 10th Building History:

• Built in 1913 as a Nabisco factory. The first Oreo cookies were baked in the building. It was built on landfill -- the timbers, chain and anchor of a two-masted schooner were found during excavation. Source: NYT
• 1998, Bought and sold by Level3 Communications
• 2005 Somerset Partners acquired the building for $300m
• 2007, Related Companies & Vornado Realty Trust bought the building for $450m and currently own the building
• In 2014, Google signed a lease for 180,000 sqft of office space. Google has expansion options that could over the next 10 years, give it full occupancy of the property.
• in 2015 once the federal government's lease ended. Google leases over 750,000sqft between 111 8th, 85 10th, and Chelsea Market.

Facility:

• SSAE 15 Certified
• 18-inch raised floor throughout
• 12 Foot Ceilings (8.85 ft. above raised floor)
• Rooftop antenna access
• Maximum floor load of 143.4 lb/sq. ft.
• Overhead power and communications cable route
• Current PUE level at 1.69
• Customer staging rooms available with storage space
• 11 Story building with 56,000-sq.ft. floor plates