RENO,
Nev., April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New data
from Synergy Research Group shows that the number of large data
centers operated by hyperscale providers increased
to 992 at the end of 2023, and passed the thousand
mark in early 2024. Meanwhile it has taken just four years for the
total capacity of hyperscale data centers to double, as the number
of facilities grows rapidly and their average capacity continues to
climb. Synergy's data shows that the United
States still accounts for 51%
of worldwide capacity, measured by MW
of critical IT load, with Europe and China each accounting for about a third of the
balance. Looking ahead Synergy forecasts that total hyperscale data
center capacity will double again in the next four years. While
each year will see some 120-130 additional hyperscale data centers
coming online, capacity growth will be driven increasingly by the
even larger scale of those newly opened data centers, with
generative AI technology being a prime reason for that increased
scale.
The research is based on an analysis of the data center
footprint of 19 of the world's major cloud and internet service
firms, including the largest operators in SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, search,
social networking, e-commerce and gaming. The companies with the
broadest data center footprint are the leading cloud providers –
Amazon, Microsoft and Google. In addition to a huge data
center footprint in their home US market, each also has multiple
data centers in many other countries around the world. In aggregate
the three now account for 60% of all hyperscale data center
capacity. They are followed in the ranking by Meta/Facebook,
Alibaba, Tencent, Apple, ByteDance
and then other relatively smaller hyperscale operators. Synergy's
forecast growth numbers are based in large part on its tracking of
hyperscale operators' pipeline of future data centers. Synergy's
known pipeline of future hyperscale data centers currently stands
at 440 facilities which are at various stages of
being planned, developed or fitted out.
"While both the number of hyperscale data centers and their
average size continue to grow at an impressive pace, there is a lot
of complexity and nuances behind those trends," said
John Dinsdale, a Chief Analyst at
Synergy Research Group. "Generally speaking self-owned data centers
are much bigger than leased data centers and data centers in the
home country of a hyperscale company are much bigger than its
international facilities, though there are plenty of exceptions to
these trends. We're also seeing something of a bifurcation in
data center scale. While the core data centers are getting ever
bigger, there is also an increasing number or relatively smaller
data centers being deployed in order to push infrastructure nearer
to customers. Putting it all together though, all major growth
trend lines are heading sharply up and to the right."
About Synergy Research Group
Synergy Research Group provides quarterly market share analysis
and forecasts for Communications and Cloud related industries. Our
data and analysis is provided to clients through Synergy's unique
research SaaS platform, SIA™, which enables intuitive
access to complex and fast-moving data sets.
Synergy's Competitive Matrix™ and
CustomView™ take this research capability one step
further, enabling our clients to receive on-going quantitative
market research that matches their internal, executive view of the
market segments they compete in. Synergy's data analytics and
analysis have been widely recognized worldwide for over 20 years
and are frequently used by global industry leaders, governments,
and financial institutions.
To speak to an analyst or to find out more about how to
access Synergy's in-depth market data, please contact
Heather Gallo
@ hgallo@srgresearch.com or at
775-785-3113.
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