Telefnica has begun deploying its edge computing infrastructure for businesses in Spain. The first services are available in five cities, with a plan that includes 17 nodes. This strategy brings data processing capacity closer to where it is generated, a change from the traditional model of remote data centers.
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Edge computing technology places small data centers at strategic points in the network, near the end user or IoT devices. This allows critical information to be processed locally, without sending it to a central cloud. The result is very low latency, essential for real-time applications such as augmented reality, industrial automation, or video analytics. Additionally, it decongests trunk network traffic.
Goodbye to the excuse of the cloud is slow today
With edge, the classic justification for a delayed service will have to be more creative. It will no longer be valid to blame a server on the other side of the world. Now processing is just around the corner, so if your collaborative robot gets stuck or the holographic video call pixelates, maybe the cause is that someone unplugged the edge node to plug in the coffee maker. Responsibility is closer than ever.