[Hilarious irony and spin]: Boulder climate center will build [coal-powered] supercomputer in Wyoming - The Denver Post
Taxed by increasingly complex requests for climate modeling, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will build a new supercomputer — but house it in Wyoming, not Boulder.From this PDF:
NCAR officials explained that the huge amounts of comparatively inexpensive electricity and space required for the $500 million computer upgrade are more easily had in Wyoming.
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Cheaper and more plentiful electricity from Wyoming's relatively untapped grid, including wind-generated power, is a key factor, said NCAR engineer Gary New, who maintains the current machine.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a kilowatt- hour of electricity, as averaged across all price structures for residential, commercial and industrial users, costs 8.16 cents in Colorado, compared with 6.03 cents in Wyoming.
In 2007, electric power generated in Wyoming primarily came from coal (94.6 percent).Note that the article above carefully avoids mentioning coal; the intention is clearly to mislead you into believing that this will be a wind-powered supercomputer.
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