Equinix Buying Packet to Provide Edge Computing

Equinix is acquiring Packet, a bare metal automation platform, a move many will interpret as preparation for more edge computing. 

“Bare metal” is a single tenant server, not a shared “cloud” approach to using server resources. This means only a single customer has full use of server resources, 

Packet's proprietary technology automates physical servers and networks without the use of virtualization or multitenancy, allowing Equinix to add new on-demand deployment alternatives at the edge, using owned physical resources or Equinix “as-a-service” computing.