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THE INCOMPAS SHOW
Innovative SRP DataStation Supports Grid, Growth
T he challenge of staying ahead of the
breakneck growth of the Internet by
supporting a more reliable but less-
intrusive expansion of critical data centers is
about to be met head on by Phoenix Valley-
based companies.
For the first time, starting in the Phoenix
metropolitan area, data center capacity has
been installed at an existing electric substation.
This service deployment method is providing
consumers with an unprecedented source of
reliable power that is connected directly to the
electric grid.
Typical infrastructure costs, such as those
associated with backup generators, batteries,
uninterruptible power supplies and transfer
switches, can be avoided entirely.
The trademarked SRP DataStation concept is
a first-of-its-kind project for the next-generation
data center and is actively in-service at an
SRP substation in Gilbert, Ariz. The initial pilot
launched in 2015, was a unique partnership
between SRP, the largest provider of power and
water to the Phoenix area, and BASELAYER,
an advanced modular data center hardware and
software company.
The DataStation project is an innovative
solution that enables data center growth and
development with minimal impact to Valley
communities. By eliminating the need for exten-
sive overhead power lines into commercial and
residential territories, data center growth will
occur at the power substation – enabling local
economic development efforts while providing
customers with expansive, reliable power.
DataStations will eliminate the need for SRP
to build new power lines to serve new or existing
co-location or enterprise data center facilities,
which takes time and money and results in
higher costs.
By moving data centers closer to the trans-
mission source, instead of at the endpoints
of the transmission system, SRP can provide
reliable power and reduced infrastructure
complexity, resulting in cost savings for
customers looking to effectively and efficiently
run their business.
SRP anticipates that DataStations will play
a critical role as a hub for the computing grid
in the years to come as high-computing infra-
structure is pushed further to the edge close to
the end users. The company plans to build its
DataStations where highly reliable power and
telecommunications intersect to deliver another
critical resource to customers. These DataSta-
tions will provide a “just-in-time” commercial
growth model for data center expansion.
SRP DataStations will reside in close prox-
imity to existing power stations with redundant,
high-voltage power feeds and SRP’s diverse
fiber optic cable network that spans 15 Valley
cities and 1,800 miles. The SRP DataStation
is in its validation phase and if the concept
performs as planned, SRP DataStations could
be available for commercial deployment in the
very near future.
Based in Tempe, Ariz., Salt River Project
was established in 1903 as the nation’s first
power and water federal reclamation project.
SRP serves more than 1 million electric
customers in central Arizona while also over-
seeing a 240,000-acre water service area.
SRP Telecom, a division of SRP, is a
carrier-neutral provider of telecommunications
infrastructure products and services to
wireline and wireless carriers, as well as
to enterprise customers. p
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INCOMPAS Show, Data Tech is show-
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