According to new data and forecasts from Synergy Research Group, the average capacity of newly opened hyperscale data centers in the next four years is almost twice that of existing operating hyperscale data centers. The critical IT load of ultra large scale data centers has been increasing over time, but generative AI technology and applications are very energy consuming, which further accelerates this trend.
As the average IT load of a single data center gradually increases, the number of ultra large scale data centers in operation will continue to steadily grow. At the same time, in order to increase capacity, service providers will also carry out some degree of renovation and upgrading of existing data centers. The overall result is that by 2030, the total capacity of all operating hyperscale data centers will almost triple from the current level.
This research is based on the analysis of the data center floor area and operations of 19 major cloud service and Internet service companies in the world, which meet the standards of large-scale operators defined by Synergy. This includes the largest operators in the fields of Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), search, social networking, e-commerce, and gaming. As of the end of 2024, these companies operate 1103 major data centers worldwide. Synergy’s known future data center construction plan also includes an additional 497 facilities, which are one of the main inputs to the Synergy prediction model.
The number of hyperscale data centers has doubled in the past five years and its growth momentum is unstoppable, “said John Dinsdale, Chief Analyst at Synergy Research Group. The capacity of installed data centers will continue to expand, but the most significant change in the market is the constantly increasing capacity of newly launched data centers. Despite the changing combination of hyperscale data centers – old and new, region to region, and owned and leased – overall, we will see GPU oriented infrastructure doubling the capacity of new hyperscale data centers