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Don't we already have a exabyte-scale supercomputer in Utah run by the NSA?

• striking 11y ago
  Yeah, but everyone knows that thing's doing illegal stuff (illegal now or soon-to-be illegal), and Obama doesn't want that on his record.
  • acaloiar 11y ago
    Do you have a source for that information?
    • striking 11y ago
      http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/07/27/nsa-will-stop-looking-at-old-phone-records http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/07/27/nsa-... The NSA's currently being sued over its metadata collection. I wrote that comment slightly tongue-in-cheek, but repurposing that supercomputer for civilian use would actually be a great way to recoup some of your losses.
• knowaveragejoe 11y ago
  Er, do we?
  • tdicola 11y ago
    Yes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
    • janekm 11y ago
      That seems to be more of a storage data centre. And if Wikipedia's figure of 60 megawatts is correct, it's well in the ballpark of a datacenter for Google or Facebook.
      • nsathrowaway15 11y ago
        You may be interested in this facility: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprogram_Research_Facility https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprogram_Research_Facili... Edit: also should say it is amusing to hear Obama talking about exascale conputing by 2025 when the NSA's goal (read the Wired article) is to get there by 2018.