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

striking · on July 30, 2015

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 · on July 30, 2015

Do you have a source for that information?

striking · on July 30, 2015

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 · on July 30, 2015

Er, do we?

tdicola · on July 30, 2015

Yes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center

janekm · on July 30, 2015

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 · on July 30, 2015

You may be interested in this 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.