8 Edge Computing Trends to Watch in 2024 and beyond

Organizations rely on data, and the number of connected devices needed to support that objective continues to grow by the billions year over year.


There will be 17.08 billion connected devices in 2024, compared to 15.14 billion in 2023, according to predictions from a July 2023 report by Statista, a German market and consumer data company.

In turn, those devices will produce a mindboggling amount of data.

In 2024, 157 zettabytes of data will be generated, according to the report, "Worldwide IDC Global DataSphere Forecast, 2023-2027: It's a Distributed, Diverse, and Dynamic (3D) DataSphere," published in April 2023 by IDC. Moreover, the report estimated that 20% of that data will be generated at the edge.

Between 2022 and 2027, the volume of data generated at the edge will grow to a compound annual growth rate of 34% during the forecast period, faster than data generated at the core or on endpoints, according to the IDC report.


As organizations seek to use that avalanche of data to make split-second decisions, they need compute power that can keep up.

That's where edge computing comes in.

Edge computing is a distributed IT architecture that puts data processing, analysis and even intelligence as close as possible to the endpoints that are generating the data, in turn, enabling subsequent insights gleaned from that data to make decisions.

Computing at the edge is typically housed in purpose-built devices such as edge gateways that serve as entry points for cloud services. However, edge computing power can be housed in various devices, including the endpoints themselves. For example, a smartphone can be an endpoint as the device can provide some data processing services even when offline.

Organizations across industries are evolving the technologies that support and surround edge computing, as well as how they're using edge computing technologies.

Here are some noteworthy developments in this space to watch for in 2024.

1. Spending on edge technology will continue to soar

2. Edge computing types continue to expand

3. Edge growth creates infrastructure challenges

4. More hackers are targeting edge deployments

5. Computing on the edge is becoming more powerful

6. AI capabilities are moving to the edge

7. 5G's growth poised to transform edge computing's capabilities

8. Hints of 6G's potential influence on edge to emerge

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