Hot water and infrastructure weren't the only things affected by Monday's storm. Hurricane Sandy took down New York City-based media companies Huffington Post, Gawker and BuzzFeed.
The three brands house their servers with Datagram, located beside Battery Park, where the flooding hit a record high of about 14 feet.
When Con Edison lost power to Lower Manhattan, Datagram's emergency systems kicked on to maintain the data centers' power.
According to Datagram's website, the basement began to flood around 5 p.m. during the storm. The water overwhelmed the pumps, which fuel backup generators to keep the servers online.
"Due to electrical systems being underwater, the building…
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