Why is the NSA Building a $1 Billion, Million Sq. Ft. Data Center in Utah?

In an economy where jobs are hard to come by, Utah residents aren't thinking twice about a new National Security Administration data center being built in their state. They are just happy to be filling out applications in hopes of working for the $1 billion federal project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Security Agency have commissioned the construction of a data center at Camp Williams, a National Guard training site operated by the Utah Army National Guard and located 26 miles south of Salt Lake City in Utah County.

The million-square-foot facility will include 100,000 square feet of critical data center space, plus 900,000 square feet of technical support and administrative space. Also included in the project will be on-site water treatment facilities, a vehicle inspection facility, perimeter site security measures, fuel and water storage and fire suppression systems, along with complete electrical generator and uninterruptible power supply back-up capacity.

So why would the United States government and the NSA be spending so much on a new data center? Who are they collecting data on and what will that data be used for? Remember, one of the things the new healthcare law does is allow the federal government to begin to collect more information about you. As well, our government through the Patriot Act has all but overturned the Fourth Amendment to collect information on Americans in the name of national security.

Just thought you should know this is being built in Utah.