The capacity of hyperscale data centers is set to triple by 2020, according to a report from Synergy Research Group.
The trend has been attributed to the surge in generative AI technology.
The number of operational hyperscale data centers will continue to steadily grow, but more pressingly, the average IT load of individual data centers will ramp up.
The retrofitting of data centers is also expected to continue, contributing to the overall increase in capacity.
“The number of operational hyperscale data centers continues to grow inexorably, having doubled over the past five years,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group. “That installed base will continue to grow, but the most marked change in the market is the ever-increasing capacity of data centers that are being brought online. The math is complicated as the mix of hyperscale data centers continues to change - old versus new, region by region, and owned versus leased - but in aggregate we will see GPU-oriented infrastructure leading to a doubling of the capacity of new hyperscale data centers.”
This year already, AWS has pledged to invest $11 billion in Georgia, US, to support growing AI needs. The tech giant also launched its cloud region in Thailand as part of the company’s plan to invest more than $5 billion in the country.
Microsoft also announced plans to spend $80 billion on data centers this year, and followed this with an additional $3 billion investment in AI and cloud computing.
