Cloud computing dominated the last decade. Edge computing is poised to dominate the next one. Here's why 2026 matters.

Edge momentum accelerating:

• 5G/6G rollout makes edge practical at scale
• AI inference moving to edge devices (privacy + latency)
• Cloud costs rising, edge becoming cost-effective
• Regulations demanding local data processing (GDPR, etc.)

Major players investing billions:

• AWS Wavelength, Azure Edge Zones, Google Distributed Cloud
• Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute@Edge

Are we seeing the beginning of the post-cloud era?