Cooling System Problems at Wright-Patterson Trouble DoD's Largest Super

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The Dayton Daily News reports of trouble at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where a power and cooling systems contractor may sue the government over issues involved in the installation of Raptor, the Defense Department’s largest supercomputer. The system, which was publicly unveiled On March 4, is intended to support weapons systems design, modeling and simulation studies of warfighting systems.

The contractor, DeBra-Kuempel, claims it is being blamed for what it describes as a faulty design in Raptor’s chilled water cooling system. Read the Full Story.