They are massive, ultra-secure, yet largely invisible to the public—and yet indispensable to our digital daily lives. Behind every email we send, every photo we share, and every AI query we make lies data centres—the true powerhouses of the cloud. We obtained exceptional authorization to film inside the world’s largest data centre, in the Nevada desert.
These digital cathedrals are multiplying at an unprecedented rate and are at the centre of major economic, strategic, and environmental challenges. Half of the world’s data centres are located in the United States, particularly in Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley,’ where a significant portion of global internet traffic passes through. In Pennsylvania, Microsoft is funding the restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to power data centres located more than 300 kilometres away.
A decision opposed by residents scarred by the most serious civilian nuclear accident in American history, which occurred at this site in 1979…