RailTel soon to come out with edge data centers at 100 locations

RailTel and Techno Electric will soon roll out edge data centers at 100 locations across smaller cities in the country to push digital transformation.  

Edge data centers (EDC) are small data centers in a 10X10 room located at the network's edge, where they are closer to end-users and devices.

This enables faster performance and lower latency as organizations will not have to move the data to far-flung data centers to process it.

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The primary aim of EDC is to serve hyperlocal content to populations around it and these will be all along railway tracks. With the help of localized data centers, smaller cities, and rural areas can be served with low-latency applications related to digital skills, financial inclusions, and digital literacy.

“This year we should have 5-10 edge data centers by the end of this year. But the next year we expect the things will be—after we see the experience—will be smoother,” RailTel CMD Sanjay Kumar said.

 

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Techno Electric is already surveying the locations to launch the services.

Traditional data center sites are selected in large part based on geographical considerations, including power availability and cost, customer demand, real-estate price, and physical and security risk factors.

However, for the edge data center, location will also be dictated by the latency requirements of the service it supports and access to network resources.

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