14 DAY TRIAL // The National Security Agency in the United States will soon be the proud owner of a brand-new data center that is currently undergoing construction work.
The data center is being built at Fort Meade in Maryland, and the Agency expects that it will cut the ribbon on this facility sometime in 2016.
According to Environmental Leader, the National Security Agency has recently announced that, unlike other similar facilities, its data center at Fort Meade will be cooled with the help of treated wastewater.
The water is to be provided by Howard County, the same source details.
As part of the agreement between said county in Maryland and the Agency, the latter must cough out $40 million (about €29.4 million) for the construction of a pump station.
The Agency will also have to pay $2 million (roughly €1.46 million) yearly for the treated wastewater that it will receive.
In case anyone was wondering, the center is to have some 5 million gallons of reclaimed wastewater sent its way on a daily basis.
But for its being delivered to the National Security Agency's data center, this water would be dumped in the Little Patuxent River.