Edge data centers can’t rely on regular visitors. They may have to become robotic

Don’t prescribe every sector with the same course of treatment

Edge applications aren’t the same as cloud ones, so they don’t need the same hardware

What’s the most remote IT system in everyday use right now? The Perseverance rover on Mars

The rise of online retail and the Covid-19 pandemic are driving store closures, so retailers need to get smarter about how they use technology at the Edge.

Forget 5G, the IoT, and micro data centers at cell towers (for now) - DartPoints CEO Scott Willis says the Edge opportunity is small facilities in Tier 3 cities

Cashierless shopping requires tons of cameras, and even more compute to track it all

Keeping 5G infrastructure running 24x7 will require new approaches to remote management and maintenance

5G is power hungry - but telecoms operators may have some answers to keep it supplied with energy

DCD exclusive: Microsoft’s underwater data center experiment employed wave energy and post-quantum cryptography on the seabed off Scotland. But the big lessons could be learnt on land

5G infrastructure is being built from the ground up to support larger numbers of smaller data centers at the network edge