The $90m fully secured building handles data management and storage and acts as an IT hub. The four-level technology centre comprises two double-ended substations and generator backup to power computer room and air conditioning units. The one-storey central power station building with a metal façade houses four boilers, seven chillers, eight cooling towers and nine generators. It has 1.8 million ft2 of access flooring, nine electric substations, 38 elevators and nine rooftop air handlers and hydronic coolers. The structures required about 23,000t of structural-steel frame.īoth the buildings are connected by a 50,000ft2 central atrium. Each wing of the buildings is 900ft long and 130ft wide. The main office building comprises two eight storey structures with a crescent shaped footprint. "NGA is a defence department agency dedicated to providing national security through Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT)."
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