325 Hudson and Western Union Bulding are two of the most important data centers and they are located in the middle of New York City’s telecom corridor. They offer direct access to transatlantic cables and allow the exchange of information between local and international telecom services providers. So yes, basically they route the Internet.

NY based Photographer Peter Garritano recently got access to these buildings that house hundreds of servers and brought back the next photos.

Biometric mantraps (double locking doors) are common security protections