The number of hyperscale data centres increased to 992 at the end of 2023, and passed the thousand mark in early 2024, according to new data from Synergy Research Group.
In four years, the total capacity of hyperscale data centres doubled and forecasted to double again in the next four years, with the growing number of facilities.
Growth continues
Generative AI technology is the main driver for data centre capacity growth, with Amazon, Microsoft and Google having the broadest data centre footprint, accounting for 60% of all hyperscale data centre capacity.
“While both the number of hyperscale data centres and their average size continue to grow at an impressive pace, there is a lot of complexity and nuances behind those trends,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group.
“Generally speaking, self-owned data centres are much bigger than leased data centers and data centres in the home country of a hyperscale company are much bigger than its international facilities, though there are plenty of exceptions to these trends. We’re also seeing something of a bifurcation in data centre scale. While the core data centers are getting ever bigger, there is also an increasing number or relatively smaller data centres being deployed in order to push infrastructure nearer to customers. Putting it all together though, all major growth trend lines are heading sharply up and to the right,” added Dinsdale.
