Rising Demand for Seamless Video Streaming to Boost Development of Edge Data Centers in Future Years

Edge data centers are the facilities that provide cached content and cloud computing resources to the end users. These facilities are situated close to the people that they serve and usually connect to a bigger central data center or multiple data centers. These centers help organizations mitigate latency and provide a greater user experience by processing data and other services closer to the end users. 


Moreover, the processing of data so close to the end users reduces the load time of webpages, which, in turn, improves the ranking of the website, thereby generating more revenue for the organization. In recent times, these facilities have become incredibly important, on account of the increasing mobile data traffic all over the world. 



The rising penetration of smartphones and various internet of things (IoT) systems is a key factor responsible for the growing mobile data traffic around the world.Besides the increasing volume of data being generated throughout the world, the surging over-the-top (OTT) traffic is also boosting the demand for edge data centers across the globe. 


According to a report published in February 2019 called the Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update 2017–2022, “the mobile data traffic has been estimated at nearly 26.8 exabytes per month in 2019, and it is predicted to reach over 77.5 exabytes per month by 2022”.

The main reasons behind the soaring OTT traffic are the increasing consumer preference for online content and the growing requirement for OTT services in several countries. According to Cisco, “the global internet protocol (IP) video, gaming and multimedia streaming traffic is estimated to reach more than 81% of all internet traffic by 2021, from 75% in 2019”.
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