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$2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« on: October 10, 2013, 05:31:10 AM »
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$2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames

Brianna Ehley The Fiscal Times
October 8, 2013

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 inexcusable.

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.

- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/10/08/2-Billion-NSA-Spy-Center-Going-Flames#sthash.kR4lTaVP.dpuf


Schadenfreude, please pick up the courtesy phone! :tongue: :fuelfire: :whistling:

I wonder if hackers haven't been fooling with the grid going in to the place . . . ? :fuelfire:
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2013, 06:56:31 AM »
Color me surprised.
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2013, 07:04:27 AM »
....or it's destroying evidence against the Obama administration on the orders of preznint Obama..
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2013, 08:35:46 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on October 10, 2013, 07:04:27 AM
....or it's destroying evidence against the Obama administration on the orders of preznint Obama..

BINGO!!!!!!
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2013, 12:57:01 AM »
I imagine the design of those places is problematic and ventilation is a trick. I saw Mission Impossible...lol.
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2013, 07:41:34 AM »
I can't confirm or deny a damned thing, but...

...I do happen to live just down the road from this turd pile.  Just sayin'...  :-)
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2013, 07:16:55 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on October 11, 2013, 07:41:34 AM
I can't confirm or deny a damned thing, but...

...I do happen to live just down the road from this turd pile.  Just sayin'...  :-)

Where's frank?   :whatever:  :whistling:
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Re: $2 Billion NSA Spy Center is Going Up in Flames
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2013, 10:50:33 PM »
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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.


Must have been caused by an overload meltdown of data.....just like Obamacare.
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