Why the US Government has so many data centers

[sean at donelan.com (Sean Donelan)]

Guess what, an IG decides to count "data centers" using OMB's definition
of a data center.  CIO points out those "data centers" won't save money.


https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/11/lyngaas-halvorsen-update.aspx
The IG report knocked Halvorsen for not adjusting his strategy to account 
for a revised definition of data centers from the Office of Management and 
Budget. But Halvorsen defended that decision, saying the revised 
definition focused on special-purpose processing nodes, which are data 
centers that have no direct connection to the DOD Information Network.

"Those nodes aren't where the money [is], and in most cases, there's no 
value in consolidating them," Halvorsen said.