The room -- named after Grand Central's 42nd Street location -- houses a series of rotary converters, which, back in the 1930s, provided the power that electrified the terminal's 63 tracks.

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It will be close to the current Shoreham Power Station at the Fishersgate Terminal in Shoreham Harbour.

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In effect, this could reduce the home gaming hardware layer to a dumb terminal, with limited processing and power requirements.

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For the next 30 days, NYCEDC is offering 40, 000 square feet of FREE workspace at Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT) to any business in need of temporary space due to power outages or flooding.

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The storm system swatted down power lines and uprooted trees, flicked big rigs on their sides and yanked off part of the terminal roof at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, where some 1, 500 area residents had taken shelter in a tunnel.

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Yet despite its power, the 660LX weighs only a couple of pounds, which beats hauling a clunky laptop through the airport terminal.

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