Key Takeaways
- Global data center capacity reached 12,500 MW in 2023, with 1,200 MW added.
- U.S. has 5,381 data centers as of 2024, largest globally.
- Northern Virginia colocation market has over 3,000 MW IT capacity.
- Global data centers consumed 240-340 TWh electricity in 2022, 1-1.3% of global demand.
- Data centers to consume 1,000 TWh by 2026, doubling from 2022.
- U.S. data centers used 4% of national electricity in 2022.
- Equinix operates 260+ data centers globally.
- Digital Realty has 300+ data centers in 50 metros.
- Amazon Web Services holds 31% cloud market share Q4 2023.
- Global data center market revenue reached $347 billion in 2023, projected to grow to $624 billion by 2029 at a CAGR of 10.3%.
- U.S. data center market was valued at $128 billion in 2023, expected to hit $200 billion by 2028.
- Colocation market in Asia-Pacific grew 15% YoY in 2023 to $10.5 billion.
- 65% of data centers adopting AI/ML workloads by 2024.
- Liquid immersion cooling market to grow 45% CAGR to 2030.
- 5G deployment drives 20% increase in edge data centers.
Global data center capacity reached 12,500 MW in 2023 as demand and AI power needs surged worldwide.
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