Water tips the use of Power in NSA Utah Data Center

Crawling public records for evidence of data centers being built is common.  Another thing you can do is use public records of utility use.  It is tough to get the amount of power used in public records, but water use is not considered as confidential.  Well, until Salt Lake Tribune reported on the water use of NSA’s Utah Data center.

NSA paying for water it’s not using at Utah Data Center
Records » It could be evidence the data center in Bluffdale is not operating at anticipated capacity.

By Nate Carlisle

| The Salt Lake Tribune

 
First Published Apr 28 2014 03:10 pm • Last Updated Apr 29 2014 07:30 am

The National Security Agency’s Utah Data Center has been paying for water it’s leaving in the tap.

A review of the data center’s recently released water bill shows that since at least July, the NSA has been paying its mandatory minimum bill. In July, the NSA paid Bluffdale $28,596 for 6.2 million gallons of water.

There are rumors there are problems in the electrical systems in the data center which limit the power used.

The water bill is further evidence the Utah Data Center is not operating at anticipated capacity. The Wall Street Journal reported in October the facility was suffering from electrical problems, delaying full-scale operation. The NSA has refused to discuss the status of the Utah Data Center, even to say if it’s operational.

We’ll see what the water use is in July 2014 for get a year to year usage.

News in the DC News, Did Yevginey Sverdlik change jobs?

A friend asked if I had seen a datacenterknowledge post.  i hadn’t .  Long time ago I used to follow what Matt Stansberry wrote, but now he is an Uptime Institute.  I used to follow Kevin Heslin, but he is now at Uptime Institute.  Another person I used to follow is Yevginey Sverdlik looks like he is at datacenterknowledge.  At least he has two posts that started with the one my friend sent.

Scott Noteboom: Technology Trapped in Real Estate Prison

BY YEVGENIY SVERDLIK ON APRIL 29, 2014

 

 

Who is Yevgeniy? He is, was...

Yevgeniy Sverdlik

Regional Editor, North America, at DatacenterDynamics

San Francisco Bay Area
Media Production

And now he his two posts at DatacenterKnowledge.

I was just in LV with 130 other data center thought leaders.  I wasn’t in town for the data center conference and neither where most of the others. I’ll write another post on what we were in town for in a day or two.

I did run into a data center friend in the Caesar’s Forum shop area who I have had the pleasure of watching their software service grow and he was at data center conference in LV.  I asked him how the show was.  One of his presentations was good, the other he had maybe 25 people in the room.  Asked him the keynote was.  He said it was 1 1/2 long and had little substance.  That seemed strange for a keynote.  Then I saw the point that Yevgeniy wrote about.

He said he was trained by Apple not to talk about anything you were doing until you had something great to talk about, and has decided to keep things under wrap at LitBit until the time is right.

Ohh, that’s why the keynote had little substance. 

Knowing people and their perspectives allows you to better interpret what they write.  

Lessons from our Dad, Example Bob Hoskins Daughter Shares 11

Bob Hoskins has passed away and his daughter shares 11 lessons from her Dad.

Out of all the lessons #4 is the one that I like.

4) Don’t worry about other people’s opinions. Everyone’s a critic, but ultimately what they say only matters if you let it. Don’t believe your own press. People can just as easily sing your praises as they can tear you down. Don’t waste your time on things you can’t change. Let it slide off you like water off a duck’s back. -

See more at: http://hautehoskins.com/2014/04/30/rosa-14/#sthash.d95izmqk.dpuf

Facebook increases pace of Data Center build, adds 2nd building

Facebook has built a couple of buildings in Prineville and Forest City for west coast and east coast presence.  What has been surprising to some is length of time it takes Facebook to build these data centers.  The fast guys know how to get a data center finished in 12 month or less from project start. 

When Facebook announced its Altoona data centers there were a few us who were wondering if Facebook could finally achieve the 12 month build schedule.  The project was announced in Apr 2013.

Facebook is behind $1 billion data center project in Altoona, statehouse sources say

8:03 PM, Apr 19, 2013 | by Donnelle Eller

 

And 12 month later Facebook is almost done.

Almost finished with the first building. So let’s get started on another!

April 28, 2014 at 8:00am

A little more than a year ago, we announced that Altoona would be the home for our newest data center. Since then, more than 460 people, mostly from the central Iowa region, have worked every day on the project, logging more than 435,000 hours in the ongoing construction of the 476,000-square-foot building. We couldn’t be more pleased by the progress we’ve made, and we’re grateful for the kindness we’ve received from our friends and neighbors here in Altoona.

In this above announcement is where Facebook announced it is building a 2nd building which is similar so should be able to built in 12 months.  The one thing that is different beside the designs of the data centers is the contractor who is named in this post.

As we begin construction of Altoona 2, watch our Altoona Data Center page for updates. If you’re interested in working on the Altoona 2 construction project, please contact our general contractor, Turner Construction through their Facebook page or visit our Altoona Data Center page for updates. 



Construction and assembly work continues inside a data hall at Facebook's Altoona, Iowa, data center.

Construction and assembly work continues inside a data hall at Facebook's Altoona, Iowa, data center.

Inside an electrical room at the Facebook data center in Altoona.

Inside an electrical room at the Facebook data center in Altoona.