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To ensure its data will be backed up in the event of a cyberattack or a natural disaster like a tornado, Oklahoma has built a secondary data center in Garland, Texas, using $110 million in CARES Act funding, the state\u2019s Office of Management and Enterprise Services announced Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The secondary data center, located in the Dallas suburb of Garland \u2014 about 200 miles south of Oklahoma City \u2014 offers \u201cbetter security, reliability and quicker recovery response times when faced with a disaster,\u201d according to the OMES announcement. Oklahoma named the center \u201cTX1,\u201d differentiating it from the state\u2019s \u201cLincoln\u201d data center in the Oklahoma capitol.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c2020 proved that the state\u2019s technology infrastructure must be ready to support any disaster at a moment\u2019s notice,\u201d state Chief Information Officer Jerry Moore said in a press release. \u201cBy investing in TX1, we are able to provide our customers with the guarantee they can continue delivering core services to Oklahomans, no matter the circumstance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The state completed the \u201chistoric\u201d migration of its data to the new center on Dec. 31, moving 2,661 terabytes of storage, the equivalent of 228.5 billion Microsoft Word documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among TX1\u2019s features is that it can withstand an EF-3 tornado, which is classified as capable of causing \u201csevere damage\u201d and reaching wind speeds as high as 165 mph. (The state\u2019s primary data center can withstand an EF-4, which includes winds up to 200 mph.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Oklahoma set a record in 2019, logging 146 twisters, but only 13 tornadoes exceeding EF-3 have hit the Oklahoma City region within the past 130 years, according to the National Weather Service. These include an EF-4 that hit the region amid a regional tornado outbreak in May 2019. An EF-3 tornado that ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth region in 2019 that left extensive damage in its path topped out at 140 mph.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the migration, officials said they also upgraded the physical and cybersecurity processes of the main data center, enabling OMES to open its services for greater customer use, including new video-conferencing capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using the state\u2019s previous back-up process, recovery after an incident like a cyberattack would have taken months, a spokesperson told StateScoop. The new system, though, can be accessed \u201cwithin seconds\u201d and is \u201cresilient to any possible disruptions,\u201d according to the press release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondary data centers are typically built in a different region than the primary data center so that a single event is less likely to disrupt the buildings themselves or the utilities they rely on. In Oklahoma\u2019s case, the Dallas data center is still \u201cwithin driving distance,\u201d officials wrote, should on-site access become necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new data center, located across state lines in a Dallas suburb, is designed to survive tornadoes as fast as 165 mph, officials 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