Utah Data Center

NSA's Utah Data Center

The Utah Data Center (UDC), also known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center,[1] is a data storage facility for the United States Intelligence Community that is designed to store data estimated to be on the order of exabytes or larger.[2] Its purpose is to support the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), though its precise mission is classified.[3] The National Security Agency (NSA) leads operations at the facility as the executive agent for the Director of National Intelligence.[4] It is located at Camp Williams near Bluffdale, Utah, between Utah Lake and Great Salt Lake and was completed in May 2014 at a cost of $1.5 billion.[5]

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  2. ^ Kashmir Hill (July 24, 2013). "Blueprints Of NSA's Ridiculously Expensive Data Center In Utah Suggest It Holds Less Info Than Thought". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  3. ^ Fidel, Steve (6 January 2011). "Utah's $1.5 billion cyber-security center under way". Deseret News. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. ^ Shalal-Esa, Andrea (15 April 2013). "U.S. agency denies data center to monitor citizens' emails". Reuters. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. ^ Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (September 17, 2014). "MilCon Status Report - August, 2014 - Under Secretary of Defense for AT&L". Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2015.