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Empire State Building

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  1. An office building in New York City, over one thousand feet high. Opened in the 1930s, it was for many years the tallest skyscraper in the world.


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The movie monster King Kong climbed this building.

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Tech companies are desperate to plug in their AI data centers, each of which can use 50 to 100 times as much power as the Empire State Building to run and cool their servers.

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With apologies to your mom, and deep respect for the Empire State Building, there are plenty of things we’re told that just aren’t so.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investment bankers regularly invite prominent clients there to win new business while wowing them with views of the Empire State Building.

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The Empire State Building in bustling Manhattan is now equipped with super sensitive microphones, tuning into bird calls and the slightest flutter of insects amid the cacophony of the concrete jungle.

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The building stood as the tallest structure in the world prior to the completion of the Empire State Building in 1931.

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