A historic home tour of the virtual world
A historic home tour of the virtual world  
Podcast: Marketplace Tech
Published On: Tue Jan 27 2026
Description: 529 Bryant St. in Palo Alto, California, is home to a key landmark in tech history. Now owned and operated as a data center by Equinix, the building has been a networking hub to a variety of firms, including the earliest telephone switch board operators and early internet firms like Alta Vista. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino visited the data center to learn more.