Distributed processing for determining network paths

A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer system effectuate operations comprising:

• receiving, at a first cellular base station co-located with a first edge-based data center, a request for edge-based computing from a mobile computing device, wherein:
• the request is received on a first network including a plurality of other geographically-distributed cellular base stations in a metropolitan area,
• the request is sent wirelessly from the first mobile computing device to the first cellular base station, and
• the first edge-based data center is on a second network of a plurality of geographically-distributed edge-based data centers, including the first edge-based data center, in the metropolitan area;
• cross-connecting, at the first edge-based data center, the first network to the second network by operation of software executed at the first edge-based data center and determining a path on the second network to computing resources at the first edge-based data center;
• determining, with the first edge-based data center, a path on the second network to computing resources to service the request at one of the plurality of geographically-distributed edge-based data centers;
• and
• causing the request to be conveyed via the path to the computing resources.