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Utah's $1.5 Billion Cyber-Security Center Under Way
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Security Agency host joint groundbreaking ceremony for the first Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center, Jan. 6, 2011, at Camp Williams.
Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
Today's groundbreaking for a $1.5 billion National Security Agency data center is being billed as important in the short term for construction jobs and important in the long term for Utah's reputation as a technology center.
"This will bring 5,000 to 10,000 new jobs during its construction and development phase," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said on Wednesday. "Once completed, it will support 100 to 200 permanent high-paid employees."
Officially named the Utah Data Center, the facility's role in aggregating and verifying dizzying volumes of data for the intelligence community has already earned it the nickname "Spy Center." Its really long moniker is the Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center—the first in the nation's intelligence community.
From Deseret News
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