Global IT expenditures on edge infrastructure are projected to grow by 18% annually through 2026 as organizations decentralize processing power. The shift reflects rising data volumes from industrial automation and real-time analytics.
Infrastructure Costs Drive Hybrid Adoption
High network egress fees from centralized public cloud providers have forced corporate technology officers to re-evaluate storage architecture. Hybrid configurations, combining localized compute nodes with core data centers, are delivering average latency reductions of 35ms while trimming bandwidth expenses.