Demand For Hyperscale Data Centers Is Booming
CLOUDPro, Friday, August 9th, 2024
Hyperscale data center capacity will grow almost threefold over the next six years, according to Synergy, as the on-premise share falls away
Hyperscale data centers now account for more than 40% of total global data center capacity, with more than 1,000 now in operation around the world.
New data from Synergy Research Group shows that just over half of hyperscale capacity is now in purpose-built data centers, with the rest in leased facilities.
And with non-hyperscale colocation capacity accounting for another 22% of capacity, on-premise data centers amount to just 37% of the total.
This, Synergy said, is in stark contrast to six years ago, when almost 60% of data center capacity was in on-prem facilities.