CNN - With the studio's new technical tools and data visualization capabilities, the network is better positioned to tell the story for viewers on data-heavy nights like  election night or during breaking news. The studio is a dual purpose facility; it has a dividing glass wall that enables the network to have simultaneous broadcasts in two separate studios or it can be one open space for big production programming, such as Election Night 2012.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the studio with time-lapse photography.

CNN contributors Donna Brazile and Alex Castellanos get a glimpse inside the new CNN Washington studio.

Facts about the new studio:

• 2,200 square feet
• 109 monitors
• Three large video walls
• Two "Magic Walls"

Photo courtesy the CNN Situation Room Twitter Account