telco building

5.5

A building that holds equipment for a phone company, like servers and cables

noun
/ˈtɛlkoʊ ˈbɪldɪŋ/

Specialized

: edificio de telco

Several telecom providers share the same telco building to reduce infrastructure costs.

Examples

The main server rooms are located in the telco building downtown.
The new telco building opened downtown last week.
Security at the telco building was increased after the attempted break-in.
Have you seen the telco buildings around the city?
The new telco building will provide state-of-the-art facilities for network management and equipment storage.
After months of construction, the telco building was finally ready to accommodate the latest communication technologies.
Engineers were excited to move their operations into the modern telco building designed for optimal connectivity.

Synonyms

telecom hotel

vstelco building

Specialized

7.1

A building where companies keep phone and internet equipment and connect their networks

is a building for a single operator to house telecommunications equipment

How Big

data center

Specialized

26 3.1

telco building

Specialized

5.5

telephone exchange

Specialized

1 3.7

cabinet

82 3.4

Surface Forms

telco building singular

telco buildings plural

Morphology

telco + building

Given knowledge of 'telco' (telecommunications company) and 'building', a B1 learner can readily infer a 'telco building' is a building belonging to or housing a telecommunications company or its equipment. The noun+noun attributive composition is a common, compositional pattern cross-linguistically, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Telco building comes from the short word telco, which comes from 'telephone company', and the ordinary word building for a place. It creates a clear image: a building full of machines and wires owned by a phone company, so it means a place that holds 'phone equipment'.