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infrastructure has serious challenges , which is why we ’ ve built with a kind of a bunkerstyle , government-grade mentality .”
AI and the ever-changing edge landscape And with connecting rural locations with the same speed , latency and general connectivity as metropolitan areas , Leading Edge ’ s edge facilities are equipped to handle future-centric dominating technologies .
“ AI is interesting , I ’ ve seen the impact on the hyperscale market in Sydney already ,” Thorpe details . “ I see positive pressure , and AI will live on and drive the edge in many ways . Let ’ s just see how this transpires .”
Citing the US and Europe as leading markets advancing in the edge environment , Thorpe looks ahead to what is coming Australia ’ s way . “ Everything ’ s generating data now ,” he adds . “ Everything is becoming a digital twin , so that data needs to be processed close because the volumes we ’ re talking about are going through the roof .”
Advocating that Leading Edge ’ s facilities are part of the building of regional infrastructure that Thorpe feels should have been built 15 years ago , he envisions a much wider-scale roadmap .
“ You look at autonomous vehicles – anything on the ground or in the sky – we ’ re talking agriculture , a numerous number of industries that are affected by AI . You need close to zero latency environments to be able to facilitate that – we ’ re initially building a mesh network of across 3,000 kilometres to support that .
“ It ’ s actually very encouraging from our perspective , because we ’ ve put our foot forward and led the market here in Australia .”
“ WE ’ VE PUT OUR FOOT FORWARD AND LED THE MARKET HERE IN AUSTRALIA ”
CHRIS THORPE CEO AND FOUNDER , LEADING EDGE DATA CENTRES
108 December 2023