NSA breaks ground on Utah 'spy center' data center

firstlook · 21-01-2011, 12:18 AM

NSA breaks ground on Utah 'spy center' data center

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011011-nsa-breaks-ground.html

The National Security Agency is building one of the largest and most expensive data centers as a place to gather and analyze intelligence data.

At $1.2 billion, this is the largest Department of Defense construction project underway. Officals broke ground at the site 25 miles south of Salt Lake City Thursday, and it will give NSA diversity with a separate data center beyond the one it has in Ft. Meade, Md., says NSA Deputy Director J. Chris Inglis.

"In an era when our nation and its allies are increasingly dependent on the integrity of information and systems supported, transmitted, or stored in cyberspace, it is essential that that space is as resilient and secure as possible," says Inglis in a written statement.

NSA is the lead agency at the data center. The facility will assist various agencies, but it will be used by Department of Homeland Security and others to help protect national security networks, he says.

The government RFP for the project describes it as a Tier III, 65M Watt technical data center occupying 100,000 square feet and described as mission-critical. It will have its own fuel and water storage, chiller plant and fire suppressant system.

The 240-acre site will be self sustaining, with its own water and wastewater treatment plants, power, gas supply, battery backup, visitor-control facilities, vehicle inspection station and perimeter security.

Construction starts this summer and will last nearly three years, partly because the government plans to spread funding for it over that period. Construction jobs could number up to 10,000 and permanent jobs once it is completed could number 200.

thepuzzlemaster · 21-01-2011, 03:01 AM

If it is then maybe they should just start their own colony and stay inside the fucking building...we dont need anyone that would go there anyway.

If it is self-sustaining it should be fine right? They wont need anything from the outside world.

It could be someones personal Xanadu.

kiolm · 21-01-2011, 05:05 AM

Why do we need this ??? To protect us how ??? The evil red menace going to invade our shores ??? More goat farmers living in caves going to attack us ???

pound · 21-01-2011, 05:10 AM

Looks and sounds like something out of East Germany.

21-01-2011, 12:18 AM	#1
firstlook Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,990	NSA breaks ground on Utah 'spy center' data center NSA breaks ground on Utah 'spy center' data center http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011011-nsa-breaks-ground.html The National Security Agency is building one of the largest and most expensive data centers as a place to gather and analyze intelligence data. At $1.2 billion, this is the largest Department of Defense construction project underway. Officals broke ground at the site 25 miles south of Salt Lake City Thursday, and it will give NSA diversity with a separate data center beyond the one it has in Ft. Meade, Md., says NSA Deputy Director J. Chris Inglis. "In an era when our nation and its allies are increasingly dependent on the integrity of information and systems supported, transmitted, or stored in cyberspace, it is essential that that space is as resilient and secure as possible," says Inglis in a written statement. NSA is the lead agency at the data center. The facility will assist various agencies, but it will be used by Department of Homeland Security and others to help protect national security networks, he says. The government RFP for the project describes it as a Tier III, 65M Watt technical data center occupying 100,000 square feet and described as mission-critical. It will have its own fuel and water storage, chiller plant and fire suppressant system. The 240-acre site will be self sustaining, with its own water and wastewater treatment plants, power, gas supply, battery backup, visitor-control facilities, vehicle inspection station and perimeter security. Construction starts this summer and will last nearly three years, partly because the government plans to spread funding for it over that period. Construction jobs could number up to 10,000 and permanent jobs once it is completed could number 200. __________________ Effectiveness is the measure of Truth "Sometimes, a man can meet his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."- The International

21-01-2011, 03:01 AM	#2
thepuzzlemaster Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 41	Self-Sustaining my ass If it is then maybe they should just start their own colony and stay inside the fucking building...we dont need anyone that would go there anyway. If it is self-sustaining it should be fine right? They wont need anything from the outside world. It could be someones personal Xanadu.

21-01-2011, 05:10 AM	#4
pound Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: USA Posts: 5,638	Looks and sounds like something out of East Germany. __________________ "Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." -- Carl Jung "The educated person is one who knows how to find out what he does not know" -- George Simmel "Show me a true patriot, and I will show you a lover not merely of his own country, but of all mankind." -- Andrew Fletcher, 1707

21-01-2011, 05:05 AM	#3
kiolm Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,352	Why do we need this ??? To protect us how ??? The evil red menace going to invade our shores ??? More goat farmers living in caves going to attack us ???