As content must get closer to the end user, so must data centres. From today’s large scale data centres in tier one and tier two cities, could future use cases require thousands of micro data centres dispersed closer to the network edge? And could towercos host those data centres at the foot of cell sites? If so, do towercos want to lease space to data centre companies, or buy/operate their own data centres? DataBank is one of the latest acquisitions of visionary infrastructure investor Digital Bridge – we spoke to DataBank CEO and serial data centre entrepreneur Raul Martynek.
Edge data centres @ the tower?
