Edge Observatory for the Digital Decade – Monitoring the Deployment of Edge Nodes

What is edge?

Edge nodes measured as the number of compute nodes providing latencies below 20 milliseconds, such as an individual server or other set of connected computing resources, operated as part of an edge computing infrastructure, typically residing within an edge data centre operating at the infrastructure edge, and therefore physically closer to its intended users than a cloud node in a centralised data centre, designed and operated: 

• in an energy-efficient manner to minimize its carbon footprint and environmental impact, with a specific focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to achieve a net-zero carbon impact
• at the edge of a network to provide secure access to data and services. It must provide both physical and cyber security to ensure uninterrupted operation and data safety.

Available resources/reports

Edge Deployment Data Reports

• 1st Edge Deployment Data Report

Country reports

• Annex (EDDR1) Country reports

Country fiches

• Czechia
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Romania
• Spain
• Sweden

Case studies

• Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC)
• Production Asset Management
• Edge, virtualisation and the future of telecom networks

Edge nodes Digital Decade Monitoring Methodology

• Interim Report 2 - Edge nodes Digital Decade Monitoring Methodology

Edge computing Taxonomy and Characterisation

• Interim Report 1 - Edge computing Taxonomy and Characterisation
• Interim Report 3 - Edge computing Taxonomy and Characterisation