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Two people use the VR experience at Claude Monet – The Immersive Experience Exhibitionat Teatro Degli Arcimboldi in July 2020 in Milan. VR is often touted as one of the main use cases for edge computing. Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images
Two people use the VR experience at Claude Monet – The Immersive Experience Exhibitionat Teatro Degli Arcimboldi in July 2020 in Milan. VR is often touted as one of the main use cases for edge computing.

Will Growth at the Edge Shrink the Core?

When a human population spreads out, it tends to spread thinner. Will computing capacity follow the same pattern?

You have no doubt already read the vendors’ claims. The trend of placing computing capacity nearest to where data it’s supposed to crunch is stored or nearest to the app or content distribution point to end users will soon transform the topology of data centers and networks that connect them to one another. Edge computing is said to be the greatest decentralizing force in all of computing: the pull toward optimum proximity to maximize performance and efficiency.

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