--- title: "Edge compute & AI platform | Nexus Observatory" description: "A modular edge data centre at the foot of the tower, multi-access edge computing one hop from the radio, inference on the live stream…" url: https://observatory.global/edge-ai/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-27 --- Nexus Observatory / **Edge compute & AI** # Inference beside the instrument. A modular edge data centre at the foot of the tower, multi-access edge computing one hop from the radio, inference on the live stream, scientific models run where the data lands, and physical AI for drones and robots, inside published red lines. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Reference architecture [The open protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) **Systems**: 1 **Services**: 1 **Node roles**: 37 **Red lines**: published **00** · Explainer ## Edge compute & AI, explained in 3D. Scroll inside the frame to move through the chapters; every scene is drawn to scale. [Open full screen](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/explainer/) In the field ## Mountain valley site A private 5G tower, an automatic weather station, a compact radar and a seismic vault on real alpine terrain, joined to an edge data centre that admits, times and publishes every observation. [Open the tour](https://observatory.global/environments/mountain-valley/) [Coastal port](https://observatory.global/environments/coastal-port/) · [River basin](https://observatory.global/environments/river-basin/) · [Wildfire forest](https://observatory.global/environments/wildfire-forest/) · [Open-pit mine](https://observatory.global/environments/open-pit-mine/) · [Transmission corridor](https://observatory.global/environments/transmission-corridor/) · [Arctic station](https://observatory.global/environments/arctic-station/) · [Ground station](https://observatory.global/environments/ground-station/) **01** · What this platform covers ## 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.](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/ai-tower/) [02 MECApplications one hop from the radio.](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/mec/) [03 Edge AIInference on the stream, not the archive.](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/edge-ai/) [04 Scientific computeRun the model where the data lands.](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/scientific-compute/) [05 Physical AIDrones and robots, inside published red lines.](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/physical-ai/) **02** · Built on the open protocol ## One protocol under every platform. Marked: the functions this platform leans on hardest. The protocol itself is open and stewarded by the Nexus Consortium, so what you build here runs anywhere the protocol runs. 01 JOIN 02 ADMIT 03 DESCRIBE 04 TIME 05 OBSERVE 06 QUALIFY 07 FEDERATE 08 ORCHESTRATE **03** · 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 **04** · Industries served ## 8 industries build on edge compute & AI. Each industry has its own site: its use cases, its community and the enterprise path, with this platform among the systems behind it. [Industry **Public safety** Warning time, gained at the sensor.](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) [Industry **Civil resilience** Infrastructure that reports before it fails.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Nature** Habitat, measured without disturbing it.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Oceans** From the coastline to the open ocean.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Energy** The grid edge, observed.](https://observatory.global/sectors/energy/) [Industry **Telecom** Towers that compute, sense and connect.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Transport** Corridors that report their own conditions.](https://observatory.global/sectors/transport/) [Industry **Industry** Plants and ports, sensed and connected.](https://observatory.global/industries/) **05** · Every platform ## 18 platforms, one architecture. One platform for each technical area of our work, on the same protocol, the same data and the same design. [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Space and satellite systems](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Positioning, navigation and timing](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Security and trust](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Digital twins and simulation](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Design and integration](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Test and qualification](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Operations centre](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Training and enablement](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Frontier labs](https://observatory.global/technologies/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. Nexus Observatory Inc. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [Create account](https://observatory.global/register/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Edge compute & AI** . Inference beside the instrument.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Edge compute & AI - [AI tower](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/ai-tower/) - [MEC](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/mec/) - [Edge AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/edge-ai/) - [Scientific compute](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/scientific-compute/) - [Physical AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/physical-ai/) Technologies - [Edge tiers and multi-access edge computing](https://observatory.global/technologies/edge/edge-tiers-and-multi-access-edge-computing/) - [Modular edge data centres and the AI tower in a box](https://observatory.global/technologies/edge/modular-edge-data-centres-and-the-ai-tower-in-a-box/) - [Edge inference, model serving and optimisation](https://observatory.global/technologies/ai/edge-inference-model-serving-and-optimisation/) - [Foundation models for Earth observation and geospatial](https://observatory.global/technologies/ai/foundation-models-for-earth-observation-and-geospatial/) Industries - [Public safety](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) - [Civil resilience](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Nature](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Oceans](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Energy](https://observatory.global/sectors/energy/) - [Telecom](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Transport](https://observatory.global/sectors/transport/) Service platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) - [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) - [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) © 2026 Nexus Observatory Inc. 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