The NSA Plans 1M Sq. Ft. Data Center in Utah

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1. The National Security Agency has revealed plans to build a 1-million-square-foot data center at Fort Williams in Utah, which borders Salt Lake and Tooele counties, according to a report by the Salt Lake Tribune. The facility, whose footprint will be roughly three times the size of the Utah State Capitol building, will be built on a 200-acre site close to the Utah National Guard facility's runway. Citing officials familiar with the project, the Tribune reports that the project will bring as many as 1,200 high-tech jobs to the region. The $1.6 billion project will be constructed in three major phases, with the first and second phases costing $800 million each for two 35-megawatt data centers. (Read Full Article)

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