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State of Compute Access: How to Bridge the New Digital Divide
State of Compute Access: How to Bridge the New Digital Divide
Established Powers: Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK These countries have a strong track record of pre-existing investment in traditional computing and supercomputing capacity, which is complemented by reliable infrastructure and good access that in turn ensures high societal participation. Rising Giants: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and South Africa These countries have several characteristics in common: very high rates of server growth; moderate supercomputing capabilities; reasonable levels of quantum computing investment; and an expectation that more cloud and colocation data centres will be built in the coming years. Sub-Saharan Africa The region should empower its growing developer talent and mobile-first markets by building research capacity into distributed-edge computing (where tasks take place entirely on devices such as phones and laptops), thereby reducing reliance on high-powered data centres.
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