CLOUD & EDGE
performance has not kept up with the growth and usage of data , so the closer you can locate data to the application , the better the response time . Edge compute and storage is built upon this premise , with data sets co-located with the decisionmaking application that are in turn close to the sensors .”
This new “ edge everywhere ” world doesn ’ t mean the death of the large-scale data centre however , but rather a change in perspective . The idea that data centres can be either centralised hyperscalers , mediumsized colocation / carrier hotels , and small edge sites , is starting to feel outdated .
Going forward , it ’ s much more likely we ’ ll see a central core made up of a smaller number of much , much larger data centres . Beyond it , everything will be the edge , and the edge will be everywhere .
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