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EDCS CAN BE TAILORED TO SUPPORT UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE LOCATION , BANDWIDTH DEMANDS , LATENCY REQUIREMENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE IN .
Preparing 5G performance
In order to adapt to the increasing volumes of data , EDCs must also consider how they will grow and evolve with the needs of the network . To support various end-users and 5G applications , EDCs can be tailored to support unique requirements based on the location , bandwidth demands , latency requirements and the environment in which they are in .
Andreas Sila , Market Manager Data Centre of Swiss telco company , HUBER + SUHNER
using this approach , networks can manage significant demands of bandwidth with low latency with greater reliability . Edge Data Centres will be the key to enabling new next-generation applications such as connected cars and virtual reality , partially driven by 5G deployments .
They can be of various sizes and can be designed to suit harsh conditions and various temperatures in different environments such as remote areas or even conflict zones . Sufficient power , effective monitoring and cooling features are integral to its performance to support the growth and scale of 5G deployments .
Available in different sizes and forms such as boxes and containers , EDCs can be integrated and placed in various places such as next to cell towers , which provides a direct gateway for businesses to rent local processing power and storage for increased performance such as lower latency and higher availability of required services .
Without an effective design , downtime of a data centre can be costly to operators , as well as posing potentially critical implications to the end-user applications of the involved business it serves . For example , mining companies , factory automation environments and communication at an airport . Therefore , it is imperative that EDCs are designed with
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