▁vulner ability ▁to ▁attacks . ▁Ut ah ▁also ▁has ▁a ▁low ▁inc idence ▁of ▁large - scale ▁natural ▁dis aster s ▁and ▁wide ▁open ▁spaces ▁that ▁provide ▁enough ▁room ▁for ▁chemical ▁weapons ▁testing ▁and ▁dr one ▁pilot ▁training . ▁ ▁Some ▁notable ▁Ut ah ▁partners hips ▁with ▁the ▁U . S . ▁military ▁include ▁Hill ▁Air ▁Force ▁Base , ▁Ut ah ▁Test ▁and ▁Training ▁Range , ▁D ug way ▁Pro ving ▁Gr ound , ▁and ▁the ▁To o ele ▁Chem ical ▁Agent ▁Dis pos al ▁Fac ility . ▁ ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁Ut ah ▁has ▁also ▁become ▁home ▁to ▁a ▁growing ▁number ▁of ▁big ▁data ▁processing ▁cent ers . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁government ▁partners hips , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁largest ▁NS A ▁data ▁storage ▁facility ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁located ▁in ▁Bl uff dale , ▁Ut ah . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁demand ▁and ▁facil itate ▁more ▁partners hips , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ut ah ▁recently ▁added ▁a ▁new ▁Big ▁Data ▁certificate ▁program ▁within ▁its ▁School ▁of ▁Comput ing . ▁The ▁program ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁Fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Ut ah ▁is ▁already ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁curve ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁tr end ▁on ▁big ▁data , ▁and ▁training ▁students ▁how ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁technical ity ▁of ▁big ▁data ▁analysis ▁will ▁continue ▁to ▁attract ▁business ▁and ▁military ▁operations ▁to ▁Ut ah . ▁ ▁Local ▁te ch ▁business es ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁early ▁local ▁te ch ▁business es ▁and ▁found ers ▁that ▁helped ▁attract ▁more ▁start