NM on verge of repossessing state’s supercomputer

Published July 13, 2012 2:49am ET



ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration is on the verge of taking back New Mexico’s $11 million supercomputer known as “Encanto” from the nonprofit group set up to operate it.

The administration has told the New Mexico Computing Applications Center it plans to repossess the machine because the group can’t pay its bills or perform necessary upkeep, the Albuquerque Journal reported (http://bit.ly/MlFm4j ).

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