There is a lot of investment happening in the central station business, as companies are preparing to capitalize on growth opportunities in video services, interactive security services, and PERS.
Wholesale monitoring companies have made significant investments over the past couple of years in new facilities and/or technological infrastructure — installing new automation platforms, facilitating software integrations, and upgrading hardware. Most recently, Affiliated Monitoring spent $24 million on a new 80,000-square-foot central station in Union, N.J. (see front cover and page 49). There are other examples.