$2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames

October 9th, 2013

Via: The Fiscal Times:

The National Security Agency’s $2 billion mega spy center is going up in flames.

Technical glitches have sparked fiery explosions within the NSA’s newest and largest data storage facility in Utah, destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, and delaying the facility’s opening by one year.

And no one seems to know how to fix it.

For a country that prides itself on being a technology leader, not knowing the electrical capacity requirements for a system as large as this is quite questionable.
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Within the last 13 months, at least 10 electric surges have each cost about $100,000 in damages, according to documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Experts agree that the system, which requires about 64 megawatts of electricity—that’s about a $1 million a month energy bill–isn’t able to run all of its computers and servers while keeping them cool, which is likely triggering the meltdowns.

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3 Responses to “$2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames”

  1. Windhorse says:
    October 9, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    Yeah…right.

  2. GaryC says:
    October 10, 2013 at 5:29 am

    Watch… they will blame it on a “Stuxnet”-style cyber-attack from China.

  3. pookie says:
    October 11, 2013 at 1:34 am

    I like to think that it’s some insiders shaking things up, keeping a low profile, and making us ‘goners proud …

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