Novel Edge Data Center Locations and Form Factors
Computers inevitably follow human activity, wherever that may be occurring. Examples include outer space and military operating environments. As use cases evolve, stakeholders may see advantages to deploying data centers to a range of novel locations. Such may also translate into new form factors that challenge our understanding of what constitutes a data center.
Edge Data Centers in Space
Space exploration and the development of the modern computer are inextricably linked. This history has mostly been forgotten, but it was the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s that catalyzed the creation of solid-state computer circuitry and miniaturization. The Apollo lunar module and command modules ...
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