Peter1469
11-23-2014, 08:04 AM
This would be an interesting test to see what the federal government would do (http://www.wired.com/2014/11/utah-considers-cutting-water-nsas-monster-data-center/).
The NSA has a million square foot data center in Utah and it needs a lot of water to keep it cool. Utah is considering not renewing the water usage agreement.
The NSA brought its Bluffdale data center online about a year ago, taking advantage Utah’s cheap power and a cut-rate deal for millions of gallons of local water, used to cool the 1-million-square-foot building’s servers. Roberts’ bill, however, would prohibit the NSA from negotiating new water deals when its current Bluffdale agreement runs out in 2021.
The NSA has a million square foot data center in Utah and it needs a lot of water to keep it cool. Utah is considering not renewing the water usage agreement.
The NSA brought its Bluffdale data center online about a year ago, taking advantage Utah’s cheap power and a cut-rate deal for millions of gallons of local water, used to cool the 1-million-square-foot building’s servers. Roberts’ bill, however, would prohibit the NSA from negotiating new water deals when its current Bluffdale agreement runs out in 2021.