While the hyperscalers have the scale and technical nous, deploying AI en masse is still an ongoing effort for most data center operators

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

A combination of satellites and Lunar base stations will form the digital infrastructure of the Moon

The Edge will rely on 5G and other radio communications which can be expensive and proprietary. OpenRAN might change that, but it’s still being finished

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

Artificial intelligence is driving massive change for retailers, especially in-store

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

Lack of adherence to ‘space norms’ could increase risk of in-orbit incidents

If you want your data center to be reliable, you may need to use grease

NASA’s moon-based LunaNet will be one step towards bringing the Internet to the rest of the solar system

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

Like the paperless office, the lights-out data center has proven elusive

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

Which countries have got 5G, what standards are in use, and how important are they for telcos?

Edge facilities will be built in hostile environments. If you open them without due care, you could destroy the whole business model, warns ASHRAE

Is Edge going to change everything or will it fit alongside everything we already have?

The Edge is still in its early stages but faces challenges from deployment during Covid-19

Alphabet is rethinking how civilization and self-driving systems interact, opening up an opportunity for the Edge

In the new generation of mobile networks, the global pandemic is accelerating a trend to replace specialized hardware with software