Bush Terminal helping tenants with power supply.New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has experienced a remarkably cool summer, preventing expected power supply difficulties. However, the city's long-term power issues remain, raising concerns for traditional and technology related businesses that require highly reliable electrical power to support networks and e-commerce platforms. The extended period of time necessary to develop new power plants has created challenges for commercial property owners and managers, who must ensure that their building's electrical supply is sufficient to keep pace with tenant demand. For those businesses dependent on sensitive technology, time really is money. Sags, brownouts or low-quality power can prove disastrous for telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. and technology equipment, causing significant loss of data or connectivity. Complicating com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. matters is the fact that local utilities' ability to meet this demand is being outpaced. The back-log of work orders for new or expanded power lines in existing facilities is now categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat by year, not month. More than 12 months ago, Bush Terminal began a project to establish its own state-of-the-art 40-megawatt substation to provide power equal to the consumption of a major international airport. This pro-active pro·ac·tive or pro-ac·tive adj. Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory: proactive steps to prevent terrorism. initiative has now reached completion, positioning Bush Terminal as a leading facility in New York City, which may experience a supply/demand imbalance imbalance /im·bal·ance/ (im-bal´ans) 1. lack of balance, such as between two opposing muscles or between electrolytes in the body. 2. dysequilibrium (2). this year. The system is enhanced by multiple Con Edison feeders, which provide ample back-up to ensure against the failure of an individual unit. This is complemented by an emergency power generator system comprised of 17 2-megawatt, outdoor generators on two-tier steel platforms with diesel fuel tanks capable of supplying 48 hours or more of reserve power. Telecom Center I is a 12-story, 577,440-SF structure located at 882 3rd Ave. in the Sunset Park Sunset Park is the name for several parks including:
Each of the first six floors of the building offers 68,620 SF of space, while floors seven through 12 each offers 27,620 SF. Its tenant base is largely comprised of new economy tenants, for whom the building was specifically re-designed, and who rely on power as a critical component of their operations. Tenants -- including Sphera Optical Networks, Inc. Worldlink, AccessColo and AT & T -- now have access to an extremely efficient, next-generation power supply that offers uninterrupted power to the entire building. Multiple redundancy systems are also in place to insure Insure can mean:
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