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nsa data center plagued by meltdowns...

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Oct 8 '13, 07:08

"A huge new data-storage facility for U.S. spying is plagued by chronic electrical surges that have prevented the center's opening, documents and officials say.

The classified National Security Agency Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center at Camp Williams, near Bluffdale, Utah, was supposed to open at least part of the facility this week after a year of delays.

But it hasn't been able to because of 10 explosive meltdowns in the past 14 months that have destroyed close to $1 million in machinery, project documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal indicate.

The meltdowns were described by a project official as "a flash of lightning inside a 2-foot box," the Journal said.

Their causes are disputed, if not a mystery, some officials say and project documents indicate."

aww (www.upi.com)

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The Tesseract is unstable, when will they learn. -- nm - budice Oct 8, 07:18 1
- word -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 07:31
"The center is also expected to use 1.7 million gallons of water a day."....nm, - x Oct 8, 07:10 5
- used as coolant? - Mel Profit Oct 8, 07:13 4
  - well, you sure can't continuously run 65 megawatts without something to bring temps down...nm - x Oct 8, 07:19 1
    - I'm sure the technical specs will be Star Trek like. - Mel Profit Oct 8, 07:22
  - No. For the day spa. -- nm - Truman Oct 8, 07:18 1
    - Dee Ay Eye Why Eee. Day Spa. -- nm - NSA Director Zoolander Oct 8, 07:23

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