History ended in 1989, then in 91, then in 2001 and then in 2012.  Now it's about to end again. 

Kowloon Central node, triads scope it for good-will and hush-money keeping the server rooms running for elite governments and fossil corporate think tanks. 

Their humble operation just so happens to run next to the IT labs and Nano-Chip hospitals. No one dares knock them off. This one in question is a part of the International Horizontal Kido-Link (IHKL) The Central artery linking Kinshasa, Taipei, Tokyo, The Prime, Seattle and the Celtic Tiger. Blackout Kowloon's node and the system is kaput. New dark age-  Operation Solar Flare. 

The global village will be a vast globe once again.  Data, communication-  all that disbanded - back to floppy disks at the most. Set back? > We don't know. Flacid at worst. 

Run the gauntlet? - Press the button. 

Walk away.