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Hpc Industry Statistics

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Hpc Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The hpc industry at a glance

HPC and AI-computing spending exceeded $70 billion in 2025, while accelerator-based systems, cloud capacity and sovereign supercomputing programs continue reshaping competition.

$70B+[84]
Global HPC/AI spending, 2025
23.5%[84]
HPC market growth, 2024
161[60]
U.S. TOP500 systems, 2026
276[60]
Accelerator-based TOP500 systems, 2026
Market size
Global HPC and AI spending totaled more than $70 billion in 2025, covering servers, storage, software, services and cloud computing. Hyperion Research reported that this was approximately $10 billion higher than 2024 spending.[84]
Forecast & CAGR
Hyperion Research projects the broader HPC-and-AI-for-science market to approach $140 billion by 2030, roughly doubling from about $70 billion in 2025. Cloud HPC spending reached $9.5 billion in 2024 after growing 21.3% that year.[84]
Market share & regions
The United States hosted 161 of the 500 systems on the June 2026 TOP500 list, equal to 32.2% of listed systems. Japan followed with 44 systems, Germany with 41, and China with 31.[60]
Segmentation
HPC is segmented by on-premises systems and cloud services, and by hardware, software, services and storage. In the June 2026 TOP500, 276 systems used accelerator or co-processor technology, including 107 systems using NVIDIA Hopper chips, 62 using NVIDIA Ampere and 32 using AMD Instinct.[60][84]
Key players & concentration
The public supercomputer market is concentrated around a small group of CPU, accelerator and system vendors. Intel processors appeared in 53.2% of TOP500 systems in June 2026, while AMD processors appeared in 38.4%; NVIDIA accelerator families occupied the largest individual accelerator positions by system count.[60]
Pricing
Cloud HPC pricing varies by accelerator, region and commitment. AWS listed its p5.48xlarge Capacity Block instance, with eight NVIDIA H100 GPUs, at $47.757 per hour in the US East Atlanta Local Zone, equivalent to $5.970 per H100 GPU-hour before other costs.[85]
Trends, drivers & challenges
AI training and inference are increasing demand for accelerator-rich clusters, while scientific simulation, digital twins and large datasets continue to support traditional HPC. Power, cooling, networking and memory availability remain major constraints; the June 2026 TOP500 list recorded 18.73 exaflops of combined performance and an average of 305,404 cores per system.[60][84]
Consumer behavior & competition
HPC buyers increasingly combine owned infrastructure with public-cloud capacity to manage demand peaks and avoid long procurement cycles. In cloud HPC and AI for science, AWS held a 44.8% share in Hyperion Research data, followed by Google Cloud at 19.7% and Microsoft Azure at 18.7%.[84]
M&A
The French state completed its acquisition of 100% of Bull from Atos on March 31, 2026. Bull operates in supercomputers, high-performance servers, software, AI and quantum-computing technologies, making the transaction a significant sovereignty-focused deal in European HPC.[86]
Regulation
EU Regulation 2024/1732 expanded the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking to develop and operate AI factories, integrating AI supercomputers, data centres and AI-oriented services. The European Commission says public and member-state investment in EuroHPC infrastructure and AI factories will reach €10 billion over 2021–2027.[87][88]
Latest news
In June 2026, China’s LineShine became the first Chinese system to top the TOP500 rankings since 2017, with 2.198 exaflops reported by the project’s scientists. The same period’s TOP500 release recorded 276 accelerator-equipped systems and total listed performance above one exaflop.[89][60]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Hpc Industry

The leading companies in the hpc industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

NVIDIA leads Gitnux's 2026 hpc ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, driven by revenue growth 65.47% and operating margin 60.38%. Microsoft is the highest-ranked cloud HPC infrastructure provider at 9.5, backed by Azure’s annual revenue surpassing $75 billion.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in accelerator platforms

    NVIDIA

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.6 · Accelerator platforms

    Why we picked it: Accelerator families occupy the largest individual accelerator positions by TOP500 system count.

    See in ranking ↓Visit nvidia.com ↗

  2. Leader in cloud HPC infrastructure

    Microsoft

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.5 · Cloud HPC infrastructure

    Why we picked it: Azure supports large-scale HPC and AI workloads, matching cloud’s faster expansion.

    See in ranking ↓Visit microsoft.com ↗

  3. Leader in HPC compute hardware

    Advanced Micro Devices

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.2 · HPC compute hardware

    Why we picked it: AMD Data Center combines EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs across accelerator-rich systems.

    See in ranking ↓Visit amd.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the hpc industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

NVIDIA

Accelerator platforms · US

9.6
2

Microsoft

Cloud HPC infrastructure · US

9.5
3

Advanced Micro Devices

HPC compute hardware · US

9.2
4

Dell Technologies

HPC systems & servers · US

8.6
5

Alphabet

Cloud HPC infrastructure · US

8.5
6

Lenovo

HPC servers, clusters and AI infrastructure · HK

8.5
7

Super Micro Computer

HPC servers, GPU systems and rack-scale infrastructure · US

8.2
8

Bull

European exascale HPC and AI systems · FR

8.1
9

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPC systems, supercomputers and AI infrastructure · US

8.1
10

NEC

HPC systems and supercomputing, Japan and global · JP

7.3

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the hpc industry. In Hpc Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/hpc-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest hpc companies

Microsoft leads with $281.7B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

Microsoft$281.7B
NVIDIA$215.9B
Dell Technologies$113.5B
Lenovo$83.1B
Advanced Micro Devices$34.6B
source-verifiedmicrosoft.com · investor.nvidia.com · investors.delltechnologies.com · investor.lenovo.com · ir.amd.com2026

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Capacity control and acceleration dominate: 276 accelerator-equipped TOP500 systems in June 2026, and 107 using NVIDIA Hopper chips.

AI in the hpc industry

  • 14% of global high-end AI-compute capacity was controlled by China in 2025.[1]
  • $193 billion was the worldwide market for accelerated and high-performance data-center infrastructure serving AI workloads in 2024.[2]
  • 24.1% was the 2024 year-over-year growth of the HPC segment, driven partly by incorporating AI into HPC budgets.[2]
  • 74% of global high-end AI-compute capacity was controlled by the United States in 2025.[1]
  • 121% was the 2024 year-over-year growth in worldwide accelerated and high-performance data-center infrastructure serving AI workloads.[2]

Automation in the hpc industry

  • 15,000 Linux and Windows servers made up BMW Group’s HPC cluster managed with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.[3]
  • 52% of global HPC decision-makers said automated configuration optimization would help their organizations adopt cloud HPC.[4]
  • 31% of global HPC decision-makers said specialized HPC architectures would help their organizations adopt cloud HPC.[4]
  • 48% of global HPC decision-makers said workflow automation would help their organizations adopt cloud HPC.[4]
  • 42% of global HPC decision-makers said seamless integration of on-premises and cloud workflows would help cloud-HPC adoption.[4]
  • Under 10% of enterprises automated more than half of their network activities in mid-2023, according to the cited infrastructure-automation forecast.[3]

Digital Transformation in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 54.8% of surveyed organizations reported having a chief digital officer or another executive responsible for digital transformation.[5]
  • 72% of digital leaders globally expected to increase technology spending in 2024, compared with 50% of digital laggards, according to a survey of 855 technology and business decision-makers.[6]
  • 45% of North American technology and business decision-makers planned to adopt AI and machine learning to improve business within 12 to 24 months.[6]
  • 75% of digital leaders globally planned to increase AI-related business expenditure in 2024.[6]
  • 34% of surveyed organizations globally identified replacing or upgrading legacy technology as a top digital-transformation goal in 2024.[6]

Technology Adoption in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 51.8% of surveyed organizations reported that AI solutions were somewhat or extremely rare in 2024.[5]
  • 57.7% of surveyed organizations reported having a chief information security officer or equivalent in 2024.[5]
  • 67.6% of IT services were delivered through cloud infrastructure among surveyed organizations in 2024.[5]
  • More than 50% of surveyed global IT decision-makers were exploring AI use cases or piloting AI technologies in 2024.[6]

Cloud Computing in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 26.1% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used computing platforms for application development, testing or deployment in 2025.[7]
  • 65.5% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for security software applications in 2025.[7]
  • 85.2% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for email in 2025.[7]
  • 71.7% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for office software in 2025.[7]
  • 71.5% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for file storage in 2025.[7]
  • 52.7% of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[7]

Big Data in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 40% was the highest reported enterprise adoption rate for big-data analytics across OECD countries in the latest available data through 2023.[8]
  • 14% of enterprises with at least 10 employees across the OECD used big-data analytics on average, based on 2022 data or the latest available year.[8]
  • 3% was the lowest reported enterprise adoption rate for big-data analytics across OECD countries in the latest available data through 2023.[8]
  • Big-data analytics adoption averaged 14% among OECD enterprises with at least 10 employees, compared with 49% for cloud computing in the latest comparable data.[8]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Business intelligence in the hpc industry

  • 18% of consumer-goods respondents identified insights or analytics as their core business function in the 2024 analytics study.[9]
  • 18% of consumer-goods respondents reported sharing no data with retail partners in the 2024 analytics study.[9]
  • 71% of consumer-goods respondents reported sharing all or most data with retail partners in the 2024 analytics study.[9]
  • 42% of surveyed consumer-packaged-goods organizations planned to continue using in-house data-and-analytics solutions over the following 12 months.[10]
  • 41% of surveyed consumer-packaged-goods businesses ranked better data-and-analytics capabilities among their top three initiatives in 2023.[10]
  • 12% of consumer-goods respondents identified customer management or sales as their core business function in the 2024 analytics study.[9]

Data analytics in the hpc industry

  • 42% of consumer-products companies planned to increase investment in omnichannel experiences during the next 12 months.[11]
  • 38% of consumer-packaged-goods manufacturers used collected data for process optimization in 2025.[12]
  • 46% of consumer-products companies planned to increase investment in digital supply chains during the next 12 months.[11]
  • 37% of consumer-packaged-goods manufacturers used collected data to improve or monitor product quality in 2025.[12]
  • 45% of consumer-packaged-goods manufacturers used collected data for AI, applied AI, generative AI or machine learning in 2025.[12]
  • 44% of consumer-packaged-goods manufacturers said collected data was used effectively in 2025.[12]

Data Quality in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2025, 46% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for accuracy and integrity, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[13]
  • In 2025, 43% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for quality and completeness, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[13]
  • In 2024, 95% of enterprise data leaders and practitioners reported a data-quality issue with a direct impact on business outcomes, across companies with at least $1 billion in revenue.[14]
  • In 2025, 34% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for relevance and suitability, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[13]
  • In 2025, 46% of organizations globally said they were fully confident in their data quality, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[13]
  • In 2025, 35% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for consistency and standardization, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[13]

Data Governance in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2026, 76% of global data leaders said their company’s AI governance did not completely keep pace with employee use of AI technology.[15]
  • In 2024, 81.7% of organizations reported having no data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program, according to a global governance study.[15]
  • In 2024, 61% of supply-management organizations reported having a dedicated data-governance function, based on an Institute for Supply Management survey.[16]
  • In 2024, 35% of U.S. technology executives prioritized data governance among their data-management areas for the next 12 months.[11]
  • In 2024, 18.3% of organizations reported having a data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program, according to a global governance study.[15]
  • In 2024, 32% of global technology leaders prioritized data governance among their data-management areas for the next 12 months.[11]

KPIs in the hpc industry

  • US$977 billion was the projected global Home and Personal Care industry revenue for 2028.[17]
  • 4.7% was Unilever Personal Care underlying sales growth in 2025.[18]
  • 14.9% was Unilever Home Care underlying operating margin in 2025.[18]
  • 3.5% was the projected compound annual growth rate for the global Home and Personal Care industry from 2023 to 2028.[17]
  • 24% was the combined global market share of Procter & Gamble, Unilever and L’Oréal in 2023.[17]
  • €821 billion was the combined global Home and Personal Care industry revenue in 2023.[17]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Spending forecasts point to expansion: Hyperion projects broader HPC-and-AI-for-science to approach $140 billion by 2030, roughly doubling from about $70 billion in 2025.

Growth in the hpc industry

  • $977 billion is the projected global Home & Personal Care industry revenue for 2028.[17]
  • 16% was the estimated United States share of global Home & Personal Care industry revenue in 2023.[17]
  • 11% was the estimated China share of global Home & Personal Care industry revenue in 2023.[17]
  • $821 billion was the estimated global Home & Personal Care industry revenue in 2023.[17]
  • More than $880 billion was the estimated combined global Home & Personal Care industry revenue for 2025.[17]
  • 3.5% is the projected compound annual growth rate for the global Home & Personal Care industry from 2023 to 2028.[17]

Differentiation in the hpc industry

  • 72 hours was the claimed period that Unilever’s Cif Infinite Clean probiotic technology remained effective after application.[18]
  • 1,000 Henkel Consumer Brands research and development experts worked on consumer innovations in 2024.[19]
  • €320 million was Beiersdorf’s research and development expense in 2024.[20]
  • 20% was the reduction in Unilever Personal Care SKUs since 2022, supporting a more focused portfolio.[18]
  • 30% was the approximate share of Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing turnover from Prestige Beauty and Wellbeing portfolios in 2024.[18]
  • €1 million per year was Beiersdorf’s maximum planned funding for its five-year Columbia University research collaboration.[21]

Mergers and acquisitions in the hpc industry

  • 98.7% was the shareholding in Dr. Squatch acquired by Unilever in September 2025.[18]
  • 14 acquisitions had been completed by PurposeCare since its launch in 2021, according to a 2024 industry report covering its personal-care and home-health platform.[22]
  • More than USD 100 million was Chantecaille’s expected 2021 global sales before Beiersdorf acquired the brand.[20]
  • April 30, 2024 was the completion date for Henkel’s acquisition of Vidal Sassoon and its related Chinese consumer hair-care business.[19]
  • 2022 was the year Beiersdorf acquired a majority stake in Belgian skin-microbiome company S-Biomedic.[20]
  • €1.243 billion was the total consideration Unilever paid for 98.7% of Dr. Squatch in 2025.[18]

Strategic partnerships in the hpc industry

  • Five seasons, through June 2030, was the duration of the NIVEA MEN and Real Madrid partnership extension announced in 2025.[20]
  • 45 years was the length of Unilever’s relationship with Galaxy Surfactants when the companies signed a Partnership Growth Charter in 2026.[18]
  • 2024 was the year Henkel became a multi-year official partner of U.S. Soccer through consumer brands including Dial, Persil, Snuggle and Schwarzkopf.[19]
  • Five European markets received Unilever’s Cif Infinite Clean probiotic spray rollout by 2025.[18]
  • Up to €1 million annually was Beiersdorf’s planned funding for its Columbia University research collaboration.[21]
  • 12 students per year were initially planned for Beiersdorf’s professional-development program with Marche Polytechnic University.[21]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce constraints surface in hiring data: 43% of HPC-using firms agreed they have a problem hiring new scientific and engineering personnel.

Hiring in the hpc industry

  • 81% of HPC-using firms rated applicants’ education level as a major hiring factor in a 2023 survey of organizations that employ STEM professionals.[23]
  • 43% of HPC-using firms agreed that they have a problem hiring new scientific and engineering personnel, while 27% strongly agreed, in a 2023 survey.[23]
  • 53% of HPC-using firms strongly agreed that demand for scientific and engineering employees is increasing, based on a 2023 survey of organizations worldwide.[23]
  • 15.2% was the mean salary premium reported by HPC-using organizations for new degree holders with practical HPC experience, according to survey data covering 2023 hiring practices.[23]
  • 5% was the median salary premium reported across all surveyed organizations for new degree holders with practical HPC experience, based on 2023 survey data.[23]

Remote Work in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 48% of U.S. software and IT professionals surveyed worked remotely in 2026, compared with 21% in France.[24]
  • 10% of technology-services respondents worked under fully flexible arrangements in 2025, allowing employees substantial control over remote work.[25]
  • 34.8% of global software and IT services respondents worked remotely in 2026, according to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.[24]
  • 6% of global respondents worked fully remotely in 2025, defined as spending less than one day per week in the office.[25]
  • 84% of technology-services employers agreed in 2025 that the ability to work remotely is important for employee retention.[25]

Hybrid Work in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 55% of technology-services respondents worked in a hybrid arrangement in 2025, the highest share among industries measured by Cisco.[25]
  • 52% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs worked in hybrid arrangements in May 2026, according to Gallup.[26]
  • 61% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs preferred hybrid work in November 2025, compared with 33% preferring fully remote work.[26]
  • 47% of global respondents worked in hybrid arrangements in 2025, down from 63% in Cisco’s 2022 study.[25]
  • 56% of IT employees worked in hybrid arrangements in 2025, while 31% were fully remote and 13% attended the office daily.[27]

Upskilling in the hpc industry

  • 21 days was the average undergraduate student usage period on XSEDE-supported HPC systems during 2016–2022.[23]
  • 6,684 undergraduate students used XSEDE-supported HPC systems during 2016–2022, according to usage records analyzed in a 2024 study.[23]
  • 7% to 15% was the estimated starting-salary impact associated with practical HPC experience for new STEM graduates, based on surveyed HPC-using employers.[23]
  • 16,415 graduate students used XSEDE-supported HPC systems during 2016–2022, according to usage records analyzed in a 2024 study.[23]
  • 1,500 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students were conservatively estimated to have gained HPC skills through XSEDE during 2016–2022.[23]

Employee Engagement in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 74% of respondents approved of fully flexible hybrid policies in 2025, the highest positive sentiment among the policy types Cisco measured.[25]
  • 54% of exclusively remote U.S. employees were thriving in May 2026, compared with 52% of hybrid employees and 49% of on-site employees with remote-capable jobs.[26]
  • 37% of exclusively remote U.S. employees were engaged in May 2026, compared with 34% of hybrid employees and 29% of on-site employees with remote-capable jobs.[26]
  • 92% of employees ranked collaboration and community as very important aspects of office culture in Cisco’s 2025 global study.[25]
  • 22.2% of global software and IT respondents were happy with their current professional role in 2026, while 32.6% were unhappy.[24]

Change Management in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 59% of SAP change-management respondents expected AI to automate manual processes in change management, according to the 2025 survey.[28]
  • 86% of SAP change managers said in 2025 that change management gives their business a competitive advantage.[28]
  • 42% of SAP change-management respondents cited inability to scale change management to business needs as a challenge in 2025.[28]
  • 48% of SAP change-management respondents faced pressure in 2025 to implement changes more quickly.[28]
  • 44% of SAP change-management respondents identified requirements gathering as a challenge in 2025.[28]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Hybrid customer behavior pressures delivery and demand planning; buyers increasingly combine owned infrastructure with public-cloud capacity to manage demand peaks.

Customer experience in the hpc industry

  • 34% of beauty-service consumers preferred automated appointment booking in 2024.[29]
  • 61% of North American women preferred seeing the same beauty or personal-care provider each time in 2025.[30]
  • 56% of global consumers had a preferred beauty provider or always booked the same provider in 2025.[30]
  • 29% of US consumers stopped buying from a brand because of poor online or in-person customer experience in 2025.[31]
  • 50% of beauty-service consumers expected appointment reminders by text or email in 2024.[29]

Customer retention in the hpc industry

  • 19.4% was the median 12-month repeat-purchase rate for home-and-living ecommerce brands in 2026.[32]
  • 30.5% of shoppers switched beauty and skin-care brands during the six months covered by a 2025 survey.[33]
  • 24.3% was the median 12-month repeat-purchase rate for beauty and personal-care ecommerce brands in 2026.[32]
  • 53% of shoppers switched cleaning-supply brands during the six months covered by a 2025 survey.[33]
  • 33% of skincare purchasers cited price increases as a reason to stop buying in a 2026 US survey.[34]

Customer acquisition in the hpc industry

  • 45% of consumers who bought influencer or celebrity brands purchased personal-care products three to seven times in 2023.[35]
  • 38% of beauty consumers discovered products through friends and family in a 2025 US survey.[36]
  • 50% of US consumers purchased personal-care products directly from a brand website frequently or very frequently in 2025.[11]
  • 14% of shoppers said product recommendations or reviews would motivate them to try a new brand in 2025.[33]
  • 40% of personal-care consumers discovered products through friends and family in a 2025 US survey.[36]

Lead generation in the hpc industry

  • 14% of UK beauty and personal-care consumers said a content creator’s review would make them much more likely to purchase in 2026.[37]
  • 63% of consumers discovered direct-selling products through YouTube in 2025.[38]
  • 70% of direct-selling personal-care-product buyers were likely to repurchase in 2025.[38]
  • 67% of consumers discovered direct-selling products through friends and family in 2025.[38]
  • 40% of UK beauty and personal-care consumers said influencer reviews would encourage further product research in 2026.[37]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Market narratives are not the focus here; the section provides only adjacent consumer marketing figures unrelated to HPC purchasing decisions.

Marketing in the hpc industry

  • $242.8 million was U.S. 2024 media spending for toiletries, hygienic goods and men’s skincare products.[39]
  • 9.3% of U.S. home-care providers’ reported marketing sources in 2023 came from internet lead sites such as A Place for Mom.[40]
  • 22.1% of U.S. home-care providers’ reported marketing sources in 2023 came from word-of-mouth referrals from customers and relatives.[40]
  • €13,356.6 million was L’Oréal’s advertising and promotion expense in 2023, equal to 32.4% of sales worldwide.[41]
  • €12,059.0 million was L’Oréal’s advertising and promotion expense in 2022, equal to 31.5% of sales worldwide.[41]

Digital marketing in the hpc industry

  • 52% of U.S. digital advertising investment for CeraVe went to Instagram between January 1 and March 5, 2022.[42]
  • 21.1% was the purchase-intent rate generated by Meta for home-care brands in MikMak’s 2023 benchmark.[43]
  • 31% of personal-care digital advertising spend went to skincare in Sensor Tower’s 2022 analysis.[42]
  • 14% of U.S. digital advertising investment for CeraVe went to Facebook between January 1 and March 5, 2022.[42]
  • 3.0% was the purchase-intent rate generated by YouTube for home-care brands in MikMak’s 2023 benchmark.[43]

Branding in the hpc industry

  • 22% of Unilever’s total turnover came from Beauty & Wellbeing in 2024.[44]
  • 13% was the increase in Clear’s brand value to $1.1 billion in 2025.[45]
  • More than 150 countries were served by L’Oréal’s global brand portfolio in 2024.[41]
  • Eight of the ten most valuable cosmetics brands recorded brand-value growth in 2025.[45]
  • $149.8 billion was the combined value of the world’s 50 most valuable cosmetics brands in 2026.[45]

Social media in the hpc industry

  • 21.1% was Meta’s purchase-intent rate for home-care brands in MikMak’s 2023 benchmark.[43]
  • 2 Reels per week was the average short-video posting cadence for home brands in Dash Social’s first-half 2025 benchmark.[46]
  • 3.3% was the TikTok engagement rate for home brands in Dash Social’s first-half 2025 benchmark.[46]
  • 0.1% was the Instagram engagement rate for home brands in Dash Social’s first-half 2025 benchmark.[46]
  • 75% was average viewer retention for home brands’ YouTube videos in Dash Social’s first-half 2025 benchmark.[46]

Influencer Marketing in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, 58% of marketing teams reported using an always-on influencer marketing approach in the 2025 B2B Influencer Marketing Report.[47]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers reported outstanding results from their influencer programs in the 2025 B2B Influencer Marketing Report.[47]
  • Across B2B companies, another 29% of marketing organizations planned to adopt influencer marketing within the next year in 2025, based on an Ipsos survey of 1,500 marketing leaders.[48]
  • Across technology companies, 64% of marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026, according to Nielsen’s global marketing survey.[49]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketing organizations were using influencers in 2025, based on an Ipsos survey of 1,500 marketing leaders.[48]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operations themes tie to infrastructure lifecycle and audit discipline; supercomputers often report a five to six years lifecycle, with retirement decisions influenced by power-performance and energy efficiency.

Process optimization in the hpc industry

  • 37 factories worldwide formed L’Oréal’s manufacturing network in 2025.[41]
  • 1.12 was Unilever’s 2025 productivity index in LNS Research’s home and personal care peer group.[50]
  • 160 fulfillment centres worldwide supported L’Oréal’s operations in 2025.[41]
  • 13% above its 2019 baseline was the 2025 industrial productivity level for the home and personal care peer group globally.[50]
  • 7 billion products were distributed globally by L’Oréal’s operations in 2025.[41]

Operational efficiency in the hpc industry

  • €670 million in savings had been delivered by Unilever’s productivity programme by the end of 2025.[18]
  • 15% of P&G’s non-manufacturing workforce, or up to 7,000 roles, is expected to be reduced over two years through organizational and supply-chain changes.[51]
  • 30% or more was the reduction in Unilever Personal Care SKUs since 2022, improving operational efficiency.[18]
  • €800 million is Unilever’s targeted total savings from its productivity programme launched in 2024.[18]
  • €150 million was invested by Unilever in European Home Care supply-chain transformation.[18]

Quality management in the hpc industry

  • 34 L’Oréal factories were ISO 45001 certified in 2025, representing 94% of its factories.[41]
  • 100% of L’Oréal plants were ISO 22716 certified in 2025.[41]
  • 12 combined quality, environment, health, safety and performance audits were conducted by L’Oréal in 2025.[41]
  • 66 L’Oréal sites had received RoSPA recognition in 2025 for safety performance.[41]
  • 21 combined environmental, health, safety and culture risk audits were conducted by L’Oréal in 2025.[41]

Supply chain in the hpc industry

  • $68 billion was the value of U.S. personal care products manufacturing in 2022.[52]
  • $1.3 billion was the U.S. trade surplus in shampoo, nail polish, mouthwash, soap, teeth whiteners, body sprays, aftershave, and fragrance and flavor ingredients in 2022.[52]
  • $300 million was reinvested by P&G into product and packaging excellence after Product Supply cost optimization in the latest fiscal year reported.[51]
  • $262 billion was the U.S. household cleaning and personal care products market demand in 2025.[53]
  • $17 billion was the value of U.S. cosmetics and personal care product exports in 2024.[52]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises sourcing business functions internationally during 2021–2023, 28.7% moved information and communication technology services abroad.[7]
  • Across German digital-experience service providers, 7.6% of services for customer projects were delivered offshore in 2024.[54]
  • Among German IT-service generalists, 10.2% of digital-experience services for customer projects were delivered offshore in 2024.[54]
  • Among German IT-service generalists, 19.5% of digital-experience services for customer projects were delivered nearshore in 2024.[54]
  • Across German digital-experience service providers, 13.2% of services for customer projects were delivered nearshore in 2024.[54]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing sensitivity appears in cloud accelerator unit economics, while public-cloud comparisons anchor costs at 5.88% for on-premises HPC node-hour vs comparable public-cloud node in 2023.

Pricing strategy in the hpc industry

  • 5.88% was the estimated on-premises HPC node-hour cost relative to a comparable public-cloud node in 2023.[55]
  • €12.6799 million was the maximum budget for DAEDALUS’s Phase B HPC upgrade in Greece in 2024.[56]
  • 35% was the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s planned share of DAEDALUS’s total cost in Greece in 2024.[56]
  • €200 million was the maximum EU contribution per new or upgraded AI-optimised EuroHPC supercomputer under the 2025 funding call.[56]
  • €15 million was the maximum EU contribution for establishing and operating one AI Factory for up to three years under the 2025 call.[56]

Cost reduction in the hpc industry

  • 3.74 years was the estimated payback period for the broader Oak Ridge HPC waste-heat-recovery scenario in 2024.[57]
  • More than 8,000 MWh of annual energy savings were estimated across six U.S. Department of Defense HPC data centers in 2011.[58]
  • 588 MWh per month was the estimated energy reduction from using an NVIDIA GPU-accelerated HPC system instead of a CPU-only system for the same NERSC workload in 2024.[59]
  • Approximately $1 million per year in energy costs could have been saved through efficiency measures at six U.S. defense HPC data centers assessed in 2011.[58]
  • About $4 million was the estimated annual cost saving from the NERSC GPU-accelerated HPC workload in 2024.[59]

Profitability in the hpc industry

  • $193,000 was HIVE Digital Technologies’ gross HPC margin in the quarter identified as Q4 2024 in its December 2024 filing.[44]
  • 3% was HIVE Digital Technologies’ gross HPC margin in the preceding quarter reported in its December 2024 filing.[44]
  • $650,000 was HIVE Digital Technologies’ gross HPC margin in the quarter identified as Q1 2025 in its December 2024 filing.[44]
  • 3.5% was Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s reported operating-profit margin for HPC and AI revenue in the prior-year quarter.[44]
  • 14.34% was the HPC-products gross margin of the reported company for the year ended September 30, 2022.[44]

Financial planning in the hpc industry

  • €46.1341 million was the approved total cost of ownership for Greece’s Daedalus mid-range supercomputer in 2024.[56]
  • €180 million was the maximum Horizon Europe contribution planned for AI Factories and advanced AI-optimised supercomputing platforms under the 2025 call.[56]
  • €250 million was the unchanged EU financial contribution for the EuroHPC high-end supercomputer under the 2022 decision.[56]
  • €253 million–€273 million was the planned acquisition-budget range for the EuroHPC high-end system under the 2022 procurement decision.[56]
  • €400 million was the estimated 2024 EU contribution for acquiring new or upgrading AI-capable EuroHPC supercomputers.[56]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Performance reporting shows mixed benchmark scale; Frontier reached 1.353 exaflops on 9,604 nodes in 2024.

Product development in the hpc industry

  • Fujitsu’s Fugaku recorded 442.01 petaflops on HPL and 16,004.50 teraflops on HPCG in Japan in November 2025.[60]
  • The LUMI system in Finland recorded 379.70 petaflops on HPL and 4,586.95 teraflops on HPCG in November 2025.[60]
  • The CHIE-4 NVIDIA system in Japan recorded 135.40 petaflops on HPL and 3,760.55 teraflops on HPCG in November 2025.[60]
  • Intel’s Aurora recorded 1.012 exaflops on HPL and 5,612.60 teraflops on HPCG in the United States in November 2025.[60]
  • Frontier achieved 1.353 exaflops on 9,604 nodes in 2024, an increase of more than 12% over its previous HPL result.[61]

Product lifecycle in the hpc industry

  • Frontier’s 2024 mixed-precision HPL result reached 11.39 exaflops, up nearly 12% from its prior 10.2-exaflop result.[61]
  • MareNostrum 5 ACC used 663,040 cores and delivered 175.30 petaflops of measured HPL performance in Spain in November 2025.[60]
  • $21.66 million was invested in the third-generation Joule supercomputer refresh in June 2024 at the U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory.[62]
  • Five to six years is the typical lifecycle reported for a supercomputer in 2024, with energy efficiency and power-performance gains influencing retirement decisions.[63]
  • The November 2025 Frontier configuration used 9,066,176 cores and delivered 1,353 petaflops of measured HPL performance.[60]

After-sales in the hpc industry

  • Frontier operated with 9,800 nodes during its 2023 mixed-precision performance run while simultaneously running other science workloads for users.[64]
  • The OLCF advanced alternative communication-library support for Frontier in 2024 to reduce dependence on a single software-stack vendor.[61]
  • The OLCF supported Frontier users across traditional modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and big-data analytics in 2024.[61]
  • Frontier’s theoretical peak double-precision performance is approximately 2 exaflops, according to the OLCF user guide available in 2026.[65]
  • Each Frontier compute node provides one 64-core AMD EPYC processor and access to 512 gigabytes of DDR4 memory for users.[65]

Value proposition in the hpc industry

  • 42.10 was the average profit-and-cost-savings return ratio reported for applied-research projects using Ansys solutions with HPC infrastructure.[66]
  • $35 of savings was associated with each dollar of HPC investment across the Ansys engineering-simulation sample on average.[67]
  • $152 of revenue was associated with each dollar of HPC investment across the Ansys engineering-simulation sample on average.[67]
  • $30 of savings was associated with each dollar of HPC investment for Ansys customers whose engineering workloads ran primarily on premises.[67]
  • 179.60 was the average revenue-return ratio reported for applied-research projects using Ansys solutions with HPC infrastructure.[66]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Energy and emissions considerations show up as measurable impacts, including 588 MWh per month estimated energy reduction using an NVIDIA GPU-accelerated HPC system for the same NERSC workload in 2024.

Sustainability in the hpc industry

  • 8.9% was the greenhouse-gas-emissions reduction reported by participating personal-care-industry companies in 2024.[52]
  • 78% of Unilever’s packaging materials were recyclable in 2024, globally.[18]
  • More than 5,700 STEM professionals were employed by the U.S. personal-care-products industry in 2024.[52]
  • 42% of Henkel management positions were held by women in 2024, globally.[19]
  • 47% of Henkel’s purchased energy came from renewable sources in 2024, globally.[19]

ESG in the hpc industry

  • About 20% of reporting North American cosmetics companies set clear public sustainability targets, according to the study.[68]
  • 88% of Henkel consumer-goods packaging was designed for recycling or reusability in 2025.[19]
  • 28% was the share of recycled plastic in Henkel consumer-goods packaging in 2025.[19]
  • 51% was L’Oréal’s reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of 2024 versus 2019.[41]
  • 87% of surveyed investors believed corporate sustainability reporting contained unsupported claims, according to a cosmetics-sector reporting study.[68]

Ethics in the hpc industry

  • 90% of L’Oréal’s total GHG-emissions reduction target covers Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2045, under its approved net-zero roadmap.[41]
  • 90% of surveyed beauty consumers considered sustainability when buying beauty and wellness products, according to a cited industry survey.[69]
  • 100% is L’Oréal’s target for sustainable packaging by 2030, according to the company’s packaging commitments assessed in an industry study.[69]
  • 79% of surveyed beauty consumers said a lack of transparency made brand sustainability claims difficult to trust.[69]
  • 62% of companies across sectors reported conducting human-rights due diligence in CSA 2024 data.[70]

CSR in the hpc industry

  • $203.3 billion in labor income was associated with the U.S. personal-care-products industry in 2024.[52]
  • $1,500 was donated for every $1 million in revenue by the U.S. cosmetics and personal-care industry in 2022.[52]
  • $308.7 million was the U.S. personal-care-products industry’s contribution to GDP in the reported 2024 industry-impact summary.[52]
  • 1.8 million beneficiaries worldwide were supported by Sephora’s community-giving initiatives in 2024.[71]
  • 25.2% of the U.S. personal-care-products industry workforce were Hispanic or Latino individuals in 2024.[52]

Circular economy in the hpc industry

  • 83% was the reported plastic-use reduction from Henkel’s refill bottles, which could be reused five times.[72]
  • 57% was the average share of reusable, recyclable or compostable plastic packaging among household and personal-care signatories in 2020.[73]
  • 33% of household and personal-care signatories offered refill-on-the-go options in 2021.[72]
  • 91% of household and personal-care signatories decreased virgin plastic packaging use between 2020 and 2021.[72]
  • 12 reuse pilots were launched by Unilever in 2021, including refill-on-the-go collaborations.[72]

Carbon footprint in the hpc industry

  • 29% was Unilever’s reduction in virgin plastic used for product packaging by the end of 2025 versus 2019.[18]
  • 434 grams of CO2 equivalent per product sold represented L’Oréal’s cradle-to-shelf emissions in 2023.[41]
  • 25% was the share of post-consumer recycled plastic in Unilever packaging by the end of 2025.[18]
  • 111% was Unilever’s reported collection and processing volume relative to plastic packaging sold in 2025.[18]
  • 1,966,000 tonnes was P&G’s Scope 1 GHG emissions in 2025.[74]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Sovereignty and regional programs align with EU infrastructure policy, including EuroHPC AI factories investment reaching €10 billion over 2021–2027.

Globalization in the hpc industry

  • 50.0% of L’Oréal’s 2024 production was located in Europe.[41]
  • 11.9% of L’Oréal’s 2024 production was located in Latin America.[41]
  • 23.7% of L’Oréal’s 2024 sales came from North Asia.[41]
  • €43.49 billion was L’Oréal’s total group sales in 2024.[41]
  • 13.3% was L’Oréal’s reported sales growth in Latin America in 2024.[41]

Cultural adaptation in the hpc industry

  • 60% of surveyed Britons lacked a consistent skincare routine in 2025.[80]
  • 83% of European respondents spent 30 minutes or less on daily personal-care routines in 2025.[80]
  • 10 countries across four continents were covered by Kenvue’s 2025 personal-care-routine study.[80]
  • 45% of consumers spending at least 15 minutes on routines reported better overall health in 2025.[80]
  • 73% of global consumers with routines spent less than 30 minutes daily on personal care in 2025.[80]

Supplier management in the hpc industry

  • 100% of supplier production sites in high-risk countries were subject to L’Oréal’s audit requirements for manufacturing equipment in 2024.[41]
  • 100% of logistics suppliers’ sites in high-risk countries were covered by L’Oréal audit requirements in 2024.[41]
  • 100% of L’Oréal subcontractors in high-risk countries were covered by supplier-site audit requirements in 2024.[41]
  • 100% of L’Oréal co-packing supplier production sites in high-risk countries were covered by audits in 2024.[41]
  • 99% of Indian mica used in L’Oréal formulas came from suppliers committed to verified processing sites in 2024.[41]

Stakeholder management in the hpc industry

  • Over 250 factories operated within Unilever’s global footprint in 2024.[18]
  • One Advantage Group Survey was used by Unilever across global markets to understand customer experience in 2024.[18]
  • Three million consumer contacts were reached annually through Unilever’s consumer engagement platforms in 2023.[18]
  • Quarterly results broadcasts were one channel Unilever used to engage shareholders in 2024.[18]
  • Six stakeholder groups were identified by Unilever as critical to future success in 2024.[18]

Distribution channels in the hpc industry

  • 11% was the growth rate of global FMCG e-commerce sales in 2024.[53]
  • 33% was the approximate projected share of global beauty sales for e-commerce by 2030.[81]
  • 83.5% of global home-care sales came through offline retail in 2025.[53]
  • 5% of Colgate-Palmolive’s 2024 net sales came from Africa and Eurasia.[82]
  • Colgate-Palmolive sold primarily through retailers, wholesalers, distributors, dentists and skin-health professionals in 2024.[83]

Key questions about the hpc industry

How large is the HPC and AI market in 2025?
HPC and AI-computing spending exceeded $70 billion in 2025, with global HPC/AI spending of $70B+.
How fast is HPC growing in 2024 and beyond?
HPC market growth in 2024 was 23.5%. Hyperion Research projects the broader HPC-and-AI-for-science market to approach $140 billion by 2030.
Which companies lead the hpc industry?
NVIDIA leads Gitnux's 2026 hpc ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, driven by revenue growth 65.47% and operating margin 60.38%. Microsoft is the highest-ranked cloud HPC infrastructure provider at 9.5, backed by Azure’s annual revenue surpassing $75 billion.
What technology shift shows up in the June 2026 TOP500 data?
In June 2026, 276 systems used accelerator or co-processor technology, including 107 NVIDIA Hopper systems and 62 NVIDIA Ampere systems.
How concentrated is the public supercomputer vendor market?
The public supercomputer market is concentrated around a small group of CPU, accelerator and system vendors, with HPE and HPE Cray at 28.2% share in 2024.
What is a concrete cloud HPC pricing reference point for accelerators?
AWS listed its p5.48xlarge Capacity Block instance with eight NVIDIA H100 GPUs at $47.757 per hour in US East Atlanta Local Zone, or $5.970 per H100 GPU-hour before other costs.
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