--- title: "Areas: Edge compute & AI | Nexus Observatory" description: "Areas of the Edge compute & AI platform: AI tower, MEC, Edge AI and Scientific compute. A modular edge data centre at the foot of the tower…" url: https://observatory.global/edge-ai/areas/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) / **Areas** # Edge compute & AI, area by area. Each area of the platform has its own page: the systems in it, the standards it is drawn against, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/deployment/) [Technologies](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/technologies/) Areas · **5** Technologies · **130** Industries · **8** **01** Areas ## Edge compute & AI, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 AI towerA modular edge data centre, delivered as one unit.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/ai-tower/) [02 MECApplications one hop from the radio.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/mec/) [03 Edge AIInference on the stream, not the archive.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/overview/) [04 Scientific computeRun the model where the data lands.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/scientific-compute/) [05 Physical AIDrones and robots, inside published red lines.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/physical-ai/) **02** Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Class assumptions - Power and thermal methods Enterprise, on this site - MEC deployment - Edge AI sites **03** On this site ## Where to go next. [Edge compute & AI TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/technologies/) [Edge compute & AI ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/architecture/) [Edge compute & AI IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/industries/) [Edge compute & AI ResourcesExplainer, stories, specification and forms.Open →](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/resources/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/deployment/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Edge compute & AI** . 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