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NSA data centre opening delayed after series of electrical surges in Utah
Source: The Guardian
NSA data centre opening delayed after series of electrical surges in Utah
Rory Carroll
theguardian.com, Tuesday 8 October 2013 20.47 BS
Electrical surges at a huge new National Security Agency data centre have reportedly fried equipment, melted metal and caused fiery explosions, delaying its opening for a year.
Ten meltdowns over the past 13 months have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of damage to machinery and baffled investigators at the agency's data storage complex in Utah, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The surges have apparently prevented the NSA from using computers at its biggest data centre, a key element in its ability to store and process information from electronic snooping.
A spokesperson, Vanee Vines, suggested in a statement that the 247-acre site, which encompasses 1.2m sq ft of enclosed space, was getting back on track. “The failures that occurred during testing have been mitigated. A project of this magnitude requires stringent management, oversight, and testing, before the government accepts any building.”
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Rory Carroll
theguardian.com, Tuesday 8 October 2013 20.47 BS
Electrical surges at a huge new National Security Agency data centre have reportedly fried equipment, melted metal and caused fiery explosions, delaying its opening for a year.
Ten meltdowns over the past 13 months have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of damage to machinery and baffled investigators at the agency's data storage complex in Utah, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The surges have apparently prevented the NSA from using computers at its biggest data centre, a key element in its ability to store and process information from electronic snooping.
A spokesperson, Vanee Vines, suggested in a statement that the 247-acre site, which encompasses 1.2m sq ft of enclosed space, was getting back on track. “The failures that occurred during testing have been mitigated. A project of this magnitude requires stringent management, oversight, and testing, before the government accepts any building.”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/08/nsa-data-centre-utah-electrical-surge
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