Saddleback Communications makes $2M upgrades to infrastructure
Staff Reports | Digital Free Press
Saddleback Communications is investing more than $2 million to upgrade and modernize its power and environmental infrastructure, including power, battery and generator systems, as well as new cooling and AC, to support the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
Saddleback representatives say the updates will balance the power load and eliminate any single points of failure while broadening the scope of monitoring and alerting software. The communications company has provided reliable fiber-based internet, voice and cloud communications service to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for the past 25 years.
“The investment underscores our commitment to the businesses and residents within the community,” says Saddleback Communications President and General Manager Bill Bryant. “All updates ensure that Saddleback, the only communications company on the SRPMIC, will continue to provide exceptional reliability and next-generation services to all of its customers.”
Saddleback Communications report these highlights of improvement:
- All new batteries doubling battery run time. Designed in a new configuration of separately breakered “A” and “B” banks, continuously monitored and eliminating any single point of failure.
- Installation of next-generation Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) technology in all critical rooms assuring optimum efficiency, performance and visibility.
- All new condenser and AC systems with additional redundancy, capacity and increased monitoring.
- Generator upgrades and increased maintenance and testing.
- Fire suppression updates and enhancements to assure performance and safety.