Surgical network determination of prioritization of communication, interaction, or processing based on system or device needs

A network of surgical hubs, comprising:

• a first surgical hub having a first controller;
• and
• a second surgical hub having a second controller,
• wherein the first controller is configured to control one or more interactions between the first surgical hub and the second surgical hub based on one or more capabilities of the first surgical hub and a location of one or more modules within the network of surgical hubs,
• wherein the one or more capabilities of the first surgical hub comprise one or more of a computing capacity of the first surgical hub, a type of the first surgical hub, a type of data associated with the first surgical hub, an interaction of the data needed to perform a specified surgical procedure by the first surgical hub, or a computing requirement of the first surgical hub, and
• wherein the first controller is further configured to allow the second controller to control the one or more interactions between the first surgical hub and the second surgical hub based on an anticipated surgical procedure.