Global power footprint share of edge computing infrastructure 2028, by vertical

Mobile consumers will have the largest edge computing footprint worldwide, which will account for 21.7 percent of the overall infrastructure edge power footprint by 2028. The edge footprint is measured by the aggregate IT power rating of the edge infrastructure equipment and the edge data center facilities that are deployed. It shows the scale of edge infrastructure needed in order to meet the use case demands.

What is edge computing?

  Edge computing is the delivering of storage, computing, and network capabilities to the locations where date is generated, through which less latency, reduced cost, and greater performance are obtained. It is a technology that complements the traditional centralized cloud computing model, as the fast-growing number of connected devices demand greater computing and network support closer to the end users. The worldwide edge computing market is projected to reach revenues of 250.6 billion U.S. dollars by 2024.  

Adoption of edge computing

  Across industries, adoption of edge computing is on the agenda. The manufacturing industry is most ready to adopt the technology, followed by utilities and telecommunications. Use cases that require low latency, such as autonomous driving and cloud gaming, are enabled by edge computing. Other verticals such as smart cities, where millions of devices are connected at the same time, also depend on edge computing to provide the network capacity, as the centralized cloud model cannot sustain this amount of device and data transmission.