First Pole Mountable Multi-access Edge Server for 5G Outdoor Small Cell and AI/Machine Learning Applications
More and more new applications such as autonomous vehicles, virtual and augmented reality, smart city, smart transportation, and IoT require real-time processing for optimized decision making and operation, driving the need for a myriad of small scale data centers located close to the data being generated. However, in most situations, building a new server room is not a cost-effective option for service providers. Instead, extended temperature hardened servers, functioning as outdoor “micro data centers” protected in environmentally sealed and cooled enclosures, become a viable solution to enable successful operation of these applications for providers and users.
ADLINK Technology has teamed with Charles Industries to create such a solution. It is a compact low profile pole or wall mountable unit based on an integration of ADLINK’s latest MECS-7210 Edge Server and Charles’ SC102 Micro Edge Enclosure. Combining the rugged designs from two industry-leading companies, this advanced solution is ideally suited for outdoor telecom use cases and well positioned to be deployed globally, enabling carriers and communities to provide a wide range of new and advanced services.