According to UK-based IMS Research, the global market for UPS systems looks set to have exceeded $7 billion in 2007, boosted by a 20 percent increase over 2006 figures.
(1/17/2008)
According to UK-based IMS Research, the global market for UPS systems looks set to have exceeded $7 billion in 2007, boosted by a 20 percent increase over 2006 figures.
"Three-phase growth continues to be the main driver for the global UPS market, but it should be noted the Americas showed a significant slowdown in the third quarter for sub-10 kVA UPSes, which can be attributed to economic concerns," said analyst Michael Markides. "The sub-10 kVA UPS segment is a good barometer of IT spending by small-to-medium sized businesses and our analysis shows a flat sub-10 kVA market for the Americas from the third quarter of 2006 to the third quarter of 2007."
"The UPS market has been experiencing record growth over the past few years, with average yearly growth of almost 20 percent," he continued. "It is widely believed within the industry that this surge will continue over the next year or two with the main driver being the installation of what is termed mega datacenters. It will be interesting to see if the EMEA and Asian markets maintain their current growth levels with the economic uncertainly in the US and the impact of the falling dollar."
