NSA Maxes Out Baltimore Power Grid

The National Security Agency's technology infrastructure at Fort Meade, Md. has maxed out the electric capacity of the Baltimore area power grid, creating a major challenge for the agency, sources told the Baltimore Sun. An excerpt:

The NSA is Baltimore Gas & Electric's largest customer, using as much electricity as the city of Annapolis. The Sun reports that some equipment at NSA is already facing cooling challenges (sound familiar to anyone here?) and the agency is considering short-term contingency plans that could entail relocating equipment to areas with better power capacity. This is a must-read cautionary tale about the cost of delay and paralysis on this issue. See Slashdot for additional discussion.