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7X24 Exchange: Passive Optical Infrastructure for Data Centers at the Edge

In this article in the Fall issue of 7X24 Exchange magazine, AFL discusses the significance and benefits of edge data center investments, even though the trend is in its early days.

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In this article in the Fall issue of 7X24 Exchange magazine, AFL's Manja Thessin discusses the significance and benefits of edge data center investments, even though the trend is in its early days. Edge computing brings processing capabilities closer to the end user device or source of data which eliminates the journey all the way back to the cloud data center and thus reducing latency, cost, and security risks. The move to edge computing is driving a massive proliferation of local data centers.

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