AT&T Neighborhood Data Center...Disguised As A House

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AT&T Neighborhood Data Center...Disguised As A House

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Whatever the reason you’re here, whether you’re honest-to-goodness house hunting, you’re searching for images to tack to your safe house vision board, or you just need something to gawk at to pass the time cooped up indoors, enjoy a virtual tour of this odd Texas home on the market.

There’s nary a week that passes, when, in some corner of the Lone Star State, an abode best described as an “oddity” graces the market. Enter 13229 Southview Lane, a perplexing Dallas domicile asking $989,000. A glimpse of the home’s nondescript exterior and passersby are likely to assume the property is the definition of normal. It’s not.

This “home’s” façade is, in actuality, a façade -- and a convincing one at that. If one were to venture inside the 5,786-square-foot structure, they’ll discover the remnants of what appears to be a facility of some sort.

Described as “a property unlike any other,” the building’s walls, flooring, and ceiling are all made of concrete. It’s connected to two electrical grids and also features a natural gas generator powered by two diesel fuel tanks. Industrial equipment, large fluorescent lighting fixtures, and exit signs abound. Fire extinguishers are affixed to walls in nearly every room. With both office and warehouse space, “this property can serve as the perfect storage spot for large wine collections, art collections, multiple cars, as well as serving as the ultimate safe house,” the listing reads.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/texa ... l-it-isnt/
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Inside the front door:
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It has a twin across the alley which is currently owned by AT&T:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/13352 ... &entry=ttu

An FCC filing was found that shows the 13352 Blossomheath address has a dedicated fiber circuit to Bank of America's data center in Richardson Texas.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3510+ ... &entry=ttu
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TelCo friend says this is pretty common, especially where there's HOA's surrounding.
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These two "houses" must be next to a fiber right-of-way. Looks like it never served a POTS circuit.
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I see them pulling fiber within 100 yards of my property but I am not holding my breath for a high speed hook up.

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Maybe you can offer them free rent on a spare room for a data center to get fiber. :lol:

I think the "house" is up for sale again - I read that after AT&T sold it someone used it for bitcoin mining and now they're flipping it.
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There are structures like this for the NYC subway. Row houses or small industrial buildings that house ventilation shafts and electrical substations. They are meant to blend into the surroundings. The subway has it’s own grid.

That’s nothing compared to the ICBM launch site that was sold in the Adirondacks.
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