Posted on 07/06/2009 4:36:22 PM PDT by FromLori
We’re worried about $1.8 billion for the NSA but not worried about trillions in welfare, government healthcare, bailouts, kick backs and waste?
Sorry, this article = fail, and only because truth would get me banned.
I want a job there...
Hopefully Congress will step in before this plans are set into motion and require some report on whether or not this new data center will serve any beneficial purpose.Ha, ha, ha, they're joking right? Or perhaps they're just idiots.
Then again, the NSA could just take the money and run under pretexts of patriotism; it wouldnt be the first time patriotism has been used to justify improper government action.
Oh, well that answers that.
hyperion power generation - 70MW for 7-10 years .. $25m each
that would leave what... $1.75 billion for additional building? how big is the city they want to build??
Ha.
“Interesting article.”
And stupid.
“>> if << the move is truly about cheaper power... then the NSA should spend spend about $50m and get two hyperion modules for themselves”
That is one mighty big if right there.....
you don’t really think the NSA will come out and tell us what they really spend money on, do you?
“>> if << the move is truly about cheaper power... then the NSA should spend spend about $50m and get two hyperion modules for themselves”
That is one mighty big if right there.....
you don’t really think the NSA will come out and tell us what they really spend money on, do you?
You left out money for clunkers - we need lots and lots of money to buy back clunkers so people can drive new cars to stop global warming - that isn't happening (but what the hay - hey - hidy...)
This sounds familar ping.
Why don’t they just build windmills? The wind is clean and free, right???
Way to go, BGE (Baltimore Gas and Electric)! Drive out the largest employer in the state! Ya'll don't need those high paid government civilians and contractors anyway.
65M Watts isn't going to power much these days. Projections for an exascale system run between 250MW and 2.5GW and that is only a football field sized system. The data center size projected by this article would require quite a bit of power.
Don't know much about this location in Utah - with out regard to the cost of the power - are there local power sources that are capable of supplying hundreds and hundreds of megawatts of power?
just google the name.... not much comes up
where the heck is fort williams, utah?
This isn't the whole story, of course. When you get down to it, the NSA all at one location is putting a lot of eggs in one "vulnerable, right next to a freeway and between tow major cities" basket.
The cost of doing business, or just doing anything, in Maryland, is ridiculous, and more power for more people is just one of many problems.
This (pardon my technical jargon) dumbass author might not understand what the NSA does or why, but questioning it as if it's, say, a loony cap-and-trade bill, is a bit embarrassing for him.
It doesn't come up because it's name is actually "Camp Williams." Google that instead. It's an ANG base south of Salt Lake City.
People safe? The NSA's job is primarily keeping the NSA safe, then the government in general. The public is a distant third.
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