In 40 years, Ashburn, Virginia went from a small rural town on the outskirts of Washington D.C. to a host of almost 70% of the world's internet traffic today. In this video, we explore how Ashburn became the Center of the internet world. If you want to see more content, please like and subscribing, it will help us out alot! Footage by Storyblocks Maps by Geolayers Script addition by McMuffin How Ashburn VA became the data center of the world How Northern Virginia became home to the data center of the world How Ashburn became a hub of internet traffic