A report by Synergy Research Group reveals that the total capacity of all operational hyperscale data centres will almost triple by 2030, supercharged by the growing demand for Generative AI (GenAI) technology and services.
Over the next four years, the average capacity of hyperscale data centres will be almost double that of current operational hyperscale data centres.
Operational hyperscale data centres
The report also revealed that the number of operational hyperscale data centres will continue to grow along with the growth of hyperscale data centre capacity.
“The number of operational hyperscale data centres continues to grow inexorably, having doubled over the past five years,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group.
Larger computing power
Dinsdale highlighted that the computing power of new data centres is experiencing a significant surge.
“The math is complicated as the mix of hyperscale data centres 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 centres,” Dinsdale continued.
Hyperscale research
According to Vertiv, “Hyperscale data centres are massive business-critical facilities designed to support robust, scalable applications efficiently and are often associated with big data-producing companies.”
The hyperscale research is based on analysing the data centre footprint and operations of 19 major cloud and internet service firms, including the largest operators in SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, search, social networking, e-commerce, and gaming.
