The launch of a new data center 'pod' business is being met with surging customer demand, highlighting the need for edge digital infrastructure in remote areas, according to the leadership of Duos Edge AI.
In an extensive interview with Cool Vector, Doug Recker, President of Duos Edge AI, and Adrian Goldfarb, CFO of parent company Duos Technologies Group, describe how edge data centers offer an affordable, scalable solution to bring low-latency connectivity to remote regions underserved by traditional infrastructure. “When we drop one of our pods, you’re right around a million dollars," says Recker. "So you can justify the expense and the revenue by deploying these, and the savings to the customer out there justifies the [co-location]."
Other key takeaways from the Duos Edge AI interview on Cool Vector:
Edge pods serve diverse and growing demand—from remote school districts to ranchers using drones and AI—accelerating a trend of localized cloud computing. “They’re now going to drones and AI to manage their cattle," says Recker, of cattle ranchers in remote parts of Texas. "Well, they can’t do all this data and AI without having compute on site.”
Compared to traditional data centers that can take years to build, Duos Edge AI delivers a fully operational edge pod in less than four months.
With revenue potential of up to $400,000 per year, and rapid deployment costs of around $1 million, edge pods deliver attractive ROI within four years. “The expected revenue from that is somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000 per year, which means the return on it is anywhere between two and a half and four years," says Goldfarb.
The explosion of data demand—especially in remote healthcare and education—has transformed edge data centers from speculative infrastructure to essential utility. "The need is there," says Recker. "We’re not trying to invent a product. Now we’re trying to fix a need, which is always better to be on that side.”
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