In a nondescript building, one of the largest telecommunications companies houses a data center that powers the Las Vegas Valley.

Located in North Las Vegas, Verizon has a 33,000-square-foot data center that houses equipment to provide internet and cell service to customers in the valley, as well as some of the southwestern United States. Not only does it provide services to residential and commercial customers, it also houses the equipment that keeps Las Vegas events alive, ranging from the Superbowl to EDC.

“This is really the heart of what happens in our wireless network,” said David Nelson, senior director for operations. “All those phone calls and data sessions that are out in the network terminate in a building like this. “

The Las Vegas Review-Journal took a look around the facil

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