Vocus Rapid Satellite and Edge Compute Pod

Vocus’s Rapid Satellite and Edge Compute Pod is a custom-designed shipping container pre-fitted with multiple bonded Vocus Satellite – Starlink terminals and edge compute hardware. The product is self-contained and constructed in a warehouse before being shipped to remote sites like mines, ready to be switched on and used straight away. It can be anchored at a site or remain on a trailer when only required for shorter periods.

The unit provides both ultrafast connectivity up to 1.7 Gbps (depending on configuration chosen and network availability) and integrated HPE Greenlake edge servers for instant hybrid cloud connectivity. The combination of the two capabilities enables businesses to run applications that require fast response times even in remote locations.

The HPE Greenlake servers can orchestrate with nearby data centres, allowing different levels of edge compute — from right there on the site, to a nearby NEXTDC tier III edge data centre, to the largest metro data centres housing the global hyperscaler cloud providers. Having computing power at the edge onsite means data-intensive, latency-sensitive applications like real-time analytics, inference model AI and machine learning are now possible in the field, enabling productivity and safety gains for industries like mining and resources.