CLOUD COMPUTING
“ AI WILL LIVE ON AND DRIVE THE EDGE ”
CHRIS THORPE CEO AND FOUNDER , LEADING EDGE DATA CENTRES
finding its feet , and worked with pioneering partners such as Schneider Electric to form a solid foundation .
“ You ’ ve got major data centres in the metropolitan locations ,” Thorpe explains . “ We are not trying to compete in those environments . What we ’ re trying to establish is a secure , resilient environment in regional locations directly connected back into the core , which is great for disaster recovery and compute . You need it locally , you need it fast , secure and in an environment that ’ s got some serious uptime .”
Thorpe highlights how in his experience , regional locations lag behind that of urban geographies when it comes to technical advancements , sometimes by up to 10 to 20 years . This , he says , is what sets Leading Edge apart from competitors , while also highlighting how operators need to work together to ensure equity as a common goal .
“ Rural areas struggle to reach the cloud with a very high level of resilience . If you can actually locate it close to them , they ’ re not paying for that expensive backhaul pipe . There are many different factors . You can access the cloud in an environment very close to you . If your business is actually totally dependent on a backhaul environment going back to Sydney or back to Melbourne and an issue happens , your business fails . So edge facilities just take all those issues away .” datacentremagazine . com 101