We've spent a decade pushing workloads to centralized hyperscale data centers. The pendulum is swinging back. Latency-sensitive AI inference, regulated data, and unreliable connectivity are pulling compute back to the edge.
But 'edge' isn't one thing. There are far edges (devices), near edges (gateways), and metro edges (regional POPs). Each has different operational realities. We unpack the architecture decisions that scale across all three.
