Topic: Power Surges

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Episode 555 35:37 - 39:04

555: Grays+Monkeys=Humans

NSA Utah Data Center, Power Surge Meltdowns

The Wall Street Journal reports that the National Security Agency's new data storage facility in Utah has suffered ten major "meltdowns" over 13 months. These incidents, caused by power surges, have reportedly destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in hardware and delayed the facility's opening. The hosts question the technical competence of the agency's contractors given the scale of the multi-billion dollar project.