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NSA Fort Meade High Performance Computing Center

Fort Meade, Maryland, United StatesOperating
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

NSA’s Fort Meade computing-center program includes the High Performance Computing Center 2 and supporting utility, generator and cooling infrastructure on the installation’s east campus. NSA broke ground on HPCC-2 in 2013 with completion scheduled for 2016, and the Army Corps of Engineers continues environmental review for related campus infrastructure. Published generator figures describe backup power, not operating IT capacity.

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

HPCC-2Operational

High-performance computing center delivered after the 2013 groundbreaking.

Supporting campus infrastructureUnder construction

Utility and mission-support infrastructure under continuing development.

Milestones (2)
NSA held the HPCC-2 groundbreaking

May 3, 2013 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction started

Source not linked
Original HPCC-2 completion target

Dec 31, 2016 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

National Security Agency

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
Operator (1)
Operator (1)
Other participants (1)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)

Additional project facts

Project program

Actual

High Performance Computing Center 2

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (1)
Onsite generation

Operational

Backup generators and utility plants support the computing campus.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.