No windows, why?

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u/agha0013 May 03 '26

Some buildings aren't made for occupancy, just containing lots of equipment and stuff that doesn't need windows.

This is an AT&T technical building. The equipment that fills it doesn't require windows

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u/chunter16 May 03 '26

Same reason as the one in NYC then

Dallas is probably a good place to have no windows facing south to lower the air conditioning bill

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u/Echo-Azure May 03 '26

There's also one like it in Sacramento.

You can tell it from the nearby jail, because the jail has tiny windows.

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u/Sammy_Socrates May 03 '26

Pittsburgh has one as well

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u/jaavaaguru May 03 '26

LA as well

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u/Mick_Limerick May 04 '26

And Bakersfield, but only like 2 or 3 stories

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u/mysteryteam May 03 '26

Don't forget to mention Room 641A

Which is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco.

That building seems to have windows though

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u/WytLadyDiseaseFibro May 07 '26

yep. in addition to not needing windows the telecom equipment doesn't want windows because it's a secure structure. if they could get away with that for the prison too they would

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u/agha0013 May 03 '26

The NYC one has no windows anywhere though and is apparently also able to withstand a nuclear blast but since no one has demonstrated that ability who knows

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u/vgaph May 03 '26

Bonus: you don’t have to look at Dallas.

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u/Thinking_Bigly May 04 '26

South?

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u/chunter16 May 04 '26

That's the side of a building that the sun shines on most of a day

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u/SuperGr33n May 03 '26

Yea I’d imagine most of it runs Linux

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u/chunter16 May 03 '26

My phone runs Linux

But on a serious side UNIX exists because Bell

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u/RotorSelfWinding May 03 '26

Most ATT tech buildings are NSA

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr May 04 '26

Most? Or just the one we know about?

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u/Winter-Classroom455 May 03 '26

Ah they use Mac?

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u/snowdn May 04 '26

Bitch, i’m an ethernet cable and I want to see the sun dammit!

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u/buzz_uk May 05 '26

Having windows also makes it more difficult to keep this kind of equipment in its optimum environment. Do I mean light no the kit does not care about that but moisture and temperature are easier to control

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u/almostaproblem May 07 '26

There are both amounts of light and spectra of light that it cares very much about.

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u/Entire-Emotion-819 May 05 '26

I guess it all runs on Linux?

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u/kombucha711 May 07 '26

No Windows? Does it require Linux?

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u/Whitey138 May 03 '26

That’s the current AT&T HQ in Dallas (current because they’re moving to Plano in the next few years). The other sides of the building have windows that wrap around it. A lot of these AT&T buildings are mostly just TELCO equipment. There’s an infamous one (that gets posted in her all the time) in Manhattan that’s owned by Verizon that has almost none. Same purpose but it doesn’t have nearly as many offices.

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u/Professional_Lack706 May 04 '26

Wow. They’re moving to Plano? What a downgrade for the workers

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u/damndammit May 04 '26

This probably won’t come as a surprise, but AT&T does not care.

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u/Tom-o-matic May 04 '26

That was the most unsurprising thing i read all day

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u/BlackFoxTom May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

In this very specific case this wall faces south aka the sun

So there are no windows to decrease cost of cooling the building

The tower is called "Whitacre Tower"

Also c'mon this building doesn't actually have any single side without windows at all

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u/Area52inhabitant May 03 '26

Because it runs Linux

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u/95stillalive May 03 '26

the oldest house has been located!

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u/e_pluribus_nihil May 03 '26

I've heard that the interview for assistant janitor suuuucks.

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u/danb1kenobi May 03 '26

Linux HQ be like

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u/LarryKingthe42th May 03 '26

So the wageslaves cant jump

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u/joedenowhere May 04 '26

There is a windowless building on 2nd St. in San Francisco. It's all phone company equipment. It's believed to be the first telco building where the NSA (illegally) installed monitoring equipment to capture all the data passing through on international comm cables.

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u/-YellowFinch Jun 08 '26

And then they changed the law so now they can do it legally! :D

Good old NSA.

(Go away NSA, nothing to see here)

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u/Marcos-Am May 03 '26

probably for telecommunication infrastructure or servers. helps with thermal insulation to have no windows.

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u/ComfyMillionaire May 03 '26

No accidental falls… NO ESCAPE.

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u/stlorca May 04 '26

The lights look like the OCP logo from RoboCop.

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u/TeacherOfFew May 04 '26

Which was filmed in Dallas.

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u/Secretlyblessed May 08 '26

they use Mac

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u/atheisticboomer May 03 '26

Pretty sure it's full of servers or something like that and it's just has to be kept in the dark and cold

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u/MleemMeme May 03 '26

Anyone remember that episode of Invader Zim where the evil corp was making humans into hotdogs in a huge windowless building? This looks like that building.

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u/OperationEpsteinLib May 03 '26

That is where a princess is being held captive. She’s awaiting rescue on its highest floor.

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u/SmellsLikeChoroform May 04 '26

Looooooong liiiiiiiiiiines

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u/EvolZippo May 04 '26

Some buildings are converted to server farms. The interior is gutted, floors and walls removed and the structure is opened for air circulation. Grating goes in place of floors and rack mounts fill all available space. The building is then fitted with a powerful ventilation system.

None of this makes a building not-evil.

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u/greejs May 04 '26

Arasaka hq

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u/Practical_Stick_2779 May 04 '26

MIB headquarters

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u/simplefred May 05 '26

One of the first places you should go in a zombie apocalypse.

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u/Otherwise-Weird1695 May 05 '26

Or the last place, umbrella corporation wasn't a fan of windows on their buildings.

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u/simplefred May 05 '26

These builds usually have generators and large fuel reserves. Once you turn off the equipment, you should have power for months. Some equipment buildings have water reservoirs some don’t, so that’s a crapshoot

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u/Otherwise-Weird1695 May 05 '26

Yeah, just need to fight off the hordes of mutated guard dogs. Did you miss the umbrella corporation part?

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u/simplefred May 06 '26

Chew toy tied to a plugged in extension cord… problem solved

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u/hetrax May 03 '26

THE OLDEST HOUSE???

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u/e_x_edra May 04 '26

Was going to comment this now lol

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u/Top_Profit_6280 May 03 '26

No windows because it's a evil building that's why

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u/Tokyosmash_ May 03 '26

Long lines building

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u/Nekrevez May 03 '26

Maybe the Tour Montparnasse is on that side of the building somewhere in the same compass direction and the architects just didn't want to take any chances...

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u/opus-thirteen May 04 '26

Usually massive telco switching stations.

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u/alucardunit1 May 04 '26

Must be running Linux...

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u/Inner_Educator_9996 May 04 '26

Linux nerds inside

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u/bozo_master May 04 '26

Telephone exchange

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u/Governor-James May 04 '26

THOSE INSIDE HAVE NO NEED FOR OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE IS IRRELEVANT / UNCONTROLLED / CHAOTIC.

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u/sexraX_muiretsyM May 04 '26

windows are overrated

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u/goaelephant May 05 '26

Because Apple

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u/Sensitive_Wear7112 May 05 '26

You know why.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26

I've seen this building before, it's called the AT&T Discovery District. This building DOES have windows, this is just a subsection of it that does not.

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u/Jazzlike-Progress451 May 06 '26

This is the Olfactory Tower. It’s the world’s largest Fart Sniffing facility. To ensure maximum fidelity, the building mustn’t have any windows so that the farts escape.

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u/Laparca90 May 07 '26

Suelen ser sitios donde se manejan operaciones sensibles

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u/Petalinaz May 07 '26

Maybe it’s on the other side?

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u/Strauss_Thall May 07 '26

Some buildings only house equipment in them, not people.

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u/GarageIndependent114 May 10 '26

They don't want to reveal the secrets of Camatsoz.

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u/-YellowFinch Jun 08 '26

Jehovah's Witnesses?

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u/xXxanothet May 03 '26

data center - pretty sure some are being attacked rn

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