Japanese IT services firm NTT Data and Schneider Electric have announced the rolling out of private 5G and an edge data centre at Berlin-based industrial campus, Marienpark. The announcement was a component of a new partnership announce by the two firms, which will see NTT’s private 5G, edge-to-cloud, and IoT capabilities combined with Schneider Electric’s […]
Japanese IT services firm NTT Data and Schneider Electric have announced the rolling out of private 5G and an edge data centre at Berlin-based industrial campus, Marienpark.
The announcement was a component of a new partnership announce by the two firms, which will see NTT’s private 5G, edge-to-cloud, and IoT capabilities combined with Schneider Electric’s ‘EcoStruxure’ modular data centres working together to support AI development in industry.
Marienpark is a 74-acre large area which houses a variety of firms that focus on sectors such as life sciences, urban production, additive manufacturing, renewable energy, and AI technology, and is to use the solution to deliver enhanced connectivity and compute experiences across its campus.
“Today’s innovation ecosystems in Marienpark increasingly depend on specific technological infrastructures,” said Guido Schütte, managing director, Marienpark Berlin.
“Easy-to-access computational power combined with advanced connectivity is a key issue. We need an innovative environment with such an infrastructure to satisfy future user demands of our community.”
Overall, the private 5G network will improve connectivity with promised high bandwidth and low latency connections, and the data centres will allow for scaling of industry 4.0 technologies – together the solutions aims to meet the demands of compute-intensive tasks such as machine vision, predictive maintenance, and other AI applications.
“Industry 4.0 relies on actionable, data-driven intelligence delivered in real-time whether that be in a factory, an industrial park, an airport, or an office campus,” said Camille Mendler, chief analyst, enterprise services of research firm Omdia.
“AI-enriched data already accounts for a third of enterprise network traffic, but it will dominate digital interactions by 2030. To profit from AI insights, enterprises must invest in digital resources at the edge, and the technology infrastructure that powers it, now.”
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