Verizon Business is adding Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Outposts on-premises data center platform to its 5G and private edge computing option list. The move builds on what has been a growing collaboration between the two organizations.

The Outposts deal will integrate Verizon’s Private 5G networks and Private Edge platforms with Outposts. Verizon customers will be able to tap into the combination to deploy a fully managed private mobile edge compute network within their on-premises environment that can handle low-latency applications like intelligent logistics, robotics, and factory automation.

Outposts is AWS’ on-premises option that involves data center equipment being installed at an enterprise facility. It uses AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to support a hybrid cloud service. Verizon is offering several form factor options of Outposts, include 1U and 2U deployments.

AWS initially launched Outposts in late 2019. “Instead of building this funky bridge between two things,” on-premises data centers and the cloud, Outposts brings native AWS services into on-premises data centers while “seamlessly connecting to AWS’s broad array of services in the cloud,” AWS CEO Andy Jassy explained at the time.

Outposts is similar to competing offers like Microsoft’s Azure Arc, Google’s Anthos, and IBM’s Cloud Satellite. AWS last month also struck a deal with Nokia to combine Outposts with the telecom vendor’s RAN and edge equipment to target the enterprise space.

Verizon touted fiber-optic cable manufacturer Corning as one of the early users of the new offering. Corning is using the platform at its manufacturing plant in Hickory, North Carolina. Corning is also a supplier of its fiber-optic cables to Verizon’s ongoing 5G deployment.

The Outposts deal also builds on Verizon’s past edge work with AWS. Verizon was the first operator to begin using AWS’ Wavelength edge computing platform that extends its compute and storage services to AWS regions. Verizon is currently using Wavelength in 10 “zones” across the country to support its 5G network.

“Private MEC is a natural expansion of our collaboration with Verizon,” said Dave Brown, VP for AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), in a statement. “Customers are already leveraging AWS Wavelength's ability to provide ultra-low latency access to end users for use cases like video distribution, inference at the edge, AR/VR, and connected vehicles. Now, Private 5G MEC from AWS and Verizon brings ultra-low latency to dedicated, closed, on-premises environments for use cases such as autonomous mobile robots, quality assurance, and hazard alerting.”