Once a connectivity power house

8100 Boone Blvd. at Tysons Corner in Vienna, Virginia, was the original location for MAE-East, the first principal exchange point for the commercialized internet on the East Coast. It was set up in this building by Metropolitan Fiber Systems in 1992. Around 50% of internet traffic in the early 1990s is said to have passed through this point. Today it is a small but still well-connected data center, across the street from AT&T’s Government Solutions building.