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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The federal government is soliciting construction bids for an intelligence-gathering center in Utah.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released details of the super-secret electronic data center on a government Web site and set a Feb. 18 deadline for bids from a general contractor.
The so-called Utah Data Center will be self-contained with its own water supply, sewer system, backup power system and will have special "anti-terrorism" defenses.
The 1 million-square-foot building will be protected by security rings on a 200-acre parcel at a Utah National Guard camp about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City.
The Corps of Engineers is supervising construction for the National Security Agency, which has refused to disclose the full purpose or function of the $1.7 billion center.
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