Anderson Municipal Light and Power to offer Secure Data Storage

ANDERSON, IN - We live in the information age.  From the time we wake up we see it all around us.  We get online in the morning and check our e-mail or the weather.  We go through the drive through at a local restaurant for breakfast and our order is entered into a computer and paid for through an electronic transfer of funds.  We go to the grocery store and as we checkout, scanners update the store's inventory.  Every one of us interacts daily with information systems.  As the world becomes more and more dependent on information systems, one thing businesses have learned is that their information needs to be safe and secure.

There was a time when companies would backup their information on magnetic tape and file it in a cabinet.  Now companies understand they need to protect their information from disasters like fire, natural disaster or equipment failure by utilizing secure sites away from their main facility.  As a result, offsite backup and disaster recovery has become a critical need for companies.  Today we're here to fill that need for new and existing businesses alike.

The City of Anderson is optimizing the city's fiber optic network to offer offsite backup and disaster recovery though the Anderson Municipal Light & Power data center.  Capacity at this facility now exists to house over 1000 servers.  Companies can locate a server with a high speed fiber connection for as little as $200 a month.  In keeping with our commitment to offer choice we can connect to other data centers through our partnership with Internet Service providers like Lightbound, Zayo and Indiana Fiber Networks.

Mayor Ockomon celebrated the opening of Light and Power's data storage center as a potential revenue stream for the City, "When we look at what the City has to offer, we see that Light and Power has reliable, uninterrupted power, multiple substation feeds, onsite generation, and its very own top-notch line department.  It also offers the security of biometric hand scanners, controlled temperature, humidity, and fire suppression.  These are the essential requirements of a data center, and coupled with our distance from Indianapolis companies, the data center can become a viable revenue stream for the City."

Source: City of Anderson