CLOUD & EDGE
Edge data centres can either operate in isolation , or be used connected to larger facilities – and sit within a complicated network of numerous data centre facilities – to support their operations . Thanks to their high performance , they are an invaluable support for mission-critical operations .
Indeed , edge data centres can transform the operations of numerous industries , including everyday entertainment like gaming , to vital applications like healthcare , manufacturing and surveillance . Indeed , edge computing will play a critical role in our transition towards smart cities , and the widespread deployment of AI .
“WITHOUT THE RIGHT APPROACH TO EDGE INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY , WE ARE DESTINED TO REPEAT THOSE MISTAKES ON AN EVEN LARGER SCALE ”
TONY GRAYSON GENERAL MANAGER , QUANTUM , COMPASS DATACENTERS
The urgency of improving edge data centre efficiency Their impressive range of use cases , and the opportunities that they unlock , certainly haven ’ t gone unnoticed .
In fact , in 2020 , around 10 % of all data is created and processed outside of either centralised data centres or the cloud . But , predictions from Gartner outline a rapid rise for this figure , reaching 75 % by 2025 .
“ It is worth taking into account that edge data centres represent net new IT loads – they will not , in general , be replacing loads elsewhere , but adding to the global energy consumption of the data centre industry ,” explained Duncan Clubb , Head of Digital Infrastructure Advisory , Data Centre Solutions at CBRE . datacentremagazine . com 87