Posted on 08/11/2011 6:11:06 PM PDT by dila813
To save money, the U.S. government will shut down hundreds of data centers across the country and consolidate their services into its remaining data centers.
The White House Office of Management and Budget recently announced that it would be shutting down 373 U.S. government data centers by 2012.
Over the last two years, the number of U.S. data centers has quadrupled, and yet they are running at only about 27 percent utilization, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The maintenance costs of these data centers, including backup power supplies, air conditioning, fire-suppression and special security devices, has been astronomical, causing them to consume 200 times more power than the typical office space. By more fully utilizing the remaining data centers, the White House hopes to maintain current service levels while drastically cutting costs.
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So now we know why the CIO quit the Obama Administration and we also see the only cost reductions that Obama is undertaking is the costs he created in the first place.
WONDERFUL! Now headed for a fire sale near you....servers less than 2 years old .... some never even used.
Government Efficiency at its best....dig hole...then fill in hole....repeat
In the private sector these things SAVE money.
“announced that it would be shutting down 373 U.S. government data centers by 2012. Over the last two years, the number of U.S. data centers has quadrupled, and yet they are running at only about 27 percent utilization, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The maintenance costs of these data centers, including backup power supplies, air conditioning, fire-suppression and special security devices, has been...”
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Obama’s stimulus program is really wonderful isn’t it? Spend billions of dollars building data centers and then close down the facilities.
I knew when Democrats were given a trillion dollars to spend that corruption would sooon follow.
Obama’s plan to create jobs /S
Can’t the fedgov lease these out?
To people who can actually use them like the Chicoms and the porn industry?
Hell, the Chinese own them via their bonds anyways, maybe we should just hand them over.
Why can’t we just tie down 0bammie and m0, keep the jets on ice and save ultra-gazillions, then the economy would be just fine. /sarc off
The shutdowns are a part of the Obama Administration's attempts to cut government costs called the Campaign to Cut Waste.Hopefully, they are looking for the biggest bang for the taxpayer buck. To cut meaningful waste, I'd suggest they start in the Oval Office.
Why do a free people need a government that has 373 government data centers to begin with?
Maybe we don’t, but building them then tearing them back within a period of 2 years is an epic fail......
What’s a “data center”?
Government and saving money are at opposite ends. So what’s really going on?
Computer centers. AKA Data Processing centers (older name).
Server farm
Think computers on racks 3 stories high in rows front to back with only 30-72” separating the rows.
Each one using about 14MWs of power and contain millions of dollars in servers.
One server farm in Washington State cost 100M to open.
Makes you wonder why they aren’t using outside companies to host this stuff. Obviously if it a national security issue, we need to keep that in house, but everything else? Its a epic fail....what a disaster.
oh, I get it, we had to pass the bill, then spend the money, to find out what is in it, then we get to try to save money by eliminating the waste......
I get how it works now/s
“...and then close down the facilitiies”
Ya...lets all just WATCH who comes forth to pick them up at the fire sale now....
Idiots.
You better believe that a bunch of folks “in the know” made mucho dollars— construction, equipments, real estate commissions, etc.
And some of that found its way back to the DNC.
It really is beyond belief.......Just talked to a friend in IT, he couldn’t believe they are that dumb...I had to share the link here with him.
Ya...lets all just WATCH who comes forth to pick them up at the fire sale now....
Did someone say General Electric?
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