NSA Building $860 Million Data Center in Maryland

June 7th, 2013

Via: Data Center Knowledge:

As its current data collection makes headlines, the National Security Agency is continuing to expand its data storage and processing capabilities. The agency recently broke ground on an $860 million data center at Fort Meade, Maryland that will span more than 600,000 square feet, including 70,000 square feet of technical space.

Last month the NSA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building the High Performance Computing Center-2, an NSA-run facility that will be located on base at Fort Meade, which is home to much of the agency’s existing data center operations. The data center will be supported by 60 megawatts of power capacity, and will use both air-cooled and liquid-cooled equipment.

The NSA is already building a massive data center in Utah, investing up to $1.5 billion in a project that will feature up to 1 million square feet of facilities.

The construction at Fort Meade will see investment of $400 million in fiscal 2013 and $431 million in fiscal 2014. Up to 6,000 workers will be involved in the construction and development phase, the NSA said.

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  1. Windhorse says:

    So, with U.S. schools and infrastructure in rapid decay, hundreds of thousands unemployed,$2.5 billion is being spent to “protect you from terrorism”. Makes perfect sense.
    AMERICAN CITIZENS, REJOICE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT BEING SO PROACTIVE! SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT KN0WING THE DRONES ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOWS.
    Oh…yes, all further updates you can get on your unbiased television news….sleep well….don’t bother waking up….

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