different blockchain nodes , and the only way to do that is by having racks in each of your key markets , with georedundancy .” Edge computing and blockchain are developments where a one-size-fits-all approach won ’ t answer in the post-Covid world .
Looking ahead the company is keeping a close eye on the internet of things ( IoT ), in particular industrial IoT or IIoT . “ We have seen only the tip of the iceberg : as manufacturing and logistics really starts to implement IIoT devices throughout the supply chain it will create so much big data , for storage and to have the computing power at the edge , to be able to feed back data in real time to those devices . This will escalate the demand for colocation , create more ‘ sprawl ’ and get us closer to the edge , where customers and subscribers actually live and work . Many data center providers to my knowledge are investing in expanding their footprint .” The industry has come full circle when even AWS and VMware have gone physical for the first time ever with their recently launched Outposts , an integrated hardware rack that seamlessly connects to Amazon ’ s public cloud .
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