Shamelessly looking through your comments, I'm 99% certain we work at the same company :P
Yes, that sounds like the spec we sent to E3 2 years ago to run our servers for the demo booth - had to be fully encrypted as well.
Since I even listed the name of the studio I work at, if you're saying this it's entirely possible. :)
The thing was so expensive that I had to declare it through customs.
The thing was grunty though; not a machine for document editing and email.