Air Force Cyber command destined for San Antonio
First Rackspace moved to San Antonio, and now the Air Force’s Cyber Command is preparing to follow (maybe there is a connection?). Lackland AFB in San Antonio is being selected by Air Force officials as the headquarters for a new cyber command apparently, after site selection teams visited several bases and took a look at the existing infrastructure.
Lackland is home to the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, the Cryptologic Systems Group, the 67th Network Warfare Wing, the Information Operation Center and the Join Operation Warfare Command.
In addition, the University of Texas at San Antonio has cyber-related research, and the National Security Agency’s Texas Cryptologic Center is in San Antonio.
In recent years, there has been a bit of a datacenter boom in San Antonio for a variety of reasons (cheap electricity, good networking, etc). However, it worth noting this is merely the Air Force’s component of CyberCommand. The new Pentagon Cybercommand will likely be headquartered in the DC area, near the NSA no doubt.
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