The 67,000-sf building, constructed to decentralize computerdata to a remote location, includes raised floors to run datacables under and redundant electrical systems so that powershortages do not affect computer operations. Hancock also installeda bombproof vault to store backup computer data tapes.

After Hancock moved the telecom facility back to the Bostonheadquarters the property had several tenants including the currentone, Infinium Software Inc., a software company that is in theprocess of consolidating all of its Massachusetts offices back toits Cape Cod headquarters. With the burst of the dot-com bubble inthe Bay State, some industry watchers say building adds to thealready glutted inventory of overbuilt high-tech buildings. Butbroker Bill Sullivan of R.W. Holmes, who is marketing the property,tells Globest.com that many financial institutions as well asinsurance firms are going into a "disaster recovery group" phasethat re-emphasizes data decentralization to suburban areas. Otherbrokers in the area concur with Sullivan about the need for analready built out data center, but say that finding a new tenantmight be easier than if the building was office rather than telecomspace.

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