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Corps, NASA breakground on new data center

Norfolk District Public Affairs Office
Published May 28, 2015
HAMPTON, Va. -- Leaders break ground for the NASA Computational Research Facility at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. Pictured, left to right, are Shannon Kendrick, district director for the office of U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell; Erik Weiser, acting director of center operations at NASA Langley; David Bowles, acting center director at NASA Langley; Col. Paul Olsen, commander, Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Christian Jahrling, vice president of Turner Construction Co.; and Linda Curtis, vice mayor of the City of Hampton. The 40,000-square-foot center, the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District and carried out by Turner Construction Co., will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan
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HAMPTON, Va. -- Leaders break ground for the NASA Computational Research Facility at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. Pictured, left to right, are Shannon Kendrick, district director for the office of U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell; Erik Weiser, acting director of center operations at NASA Langley; David Bowles, acting center director at NASA Langley; Col. Paul Olsen, commander, Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Christian Jahrling, vice president of Turner Construction Co.; and Linda Curtis, vice mayor of the City of Hampton. The 40,000-square-foot center, the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District and carried out by Turner Construction Co., will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan

HAMPTON, Va. -- Col. Paul Olsen; Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander, delivers remarks during the NASA Computational Research Facility groundbreaking ceremony at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. The 40,000-square-foot center; the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)
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HAMPTON, Va. -- Col. Paul Olsen; Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander, delivers remarks during the NASA Computational Research Facility groundbreaking ceremony at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. The 40,000-square-foot center; the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

HAMPTON, Va. -- Ceremonial shovels and hard hats stand on the site of the future NASA Computational Research Facility during a groundbreaking ceremony at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. The 40,000-square-foot center; the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)
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HAMPTON, Va. -- Ceremonial shovels and hard hats stand on the site of the future NASA Computational Research Facility during a groundbreaking ceremony at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. The 40,000-square-foot center; the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

HAMPTON, Va. -- A crowd gathers for the NASA Computational Research Facility groundbreaking at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. The 40,000-square-foot center; the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)
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HAMPTON, Va. -- A crowd gathers for the NASA Computational Research Facility groundbreaking at NASA Langley Research Center May 22, 2015. The 40,000-square-foot center; the construction of which will be overseen by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; will provide a consolidated data center and high-density office space. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

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On a grassy field nestled within the confines of NASA’s Langley Research Center, a new building that will help take the human race to mars is starting construction.

Dignitaries from NASA, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and private industry participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Computational Data Center on May 22, 2015.

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