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Data center transformation involves a comprehensive process of modernizing and upgrading a data center's infrastructure, technologies, and operations to align with changing business needs. The goal is to enhance efficiency, improve scalability, and ensure optimal performance, thereby creating a more agile, resilient, and cost-effective data center environment.
The primary types of data center transformation services include consolidation services, optimization services, automation services, and infrastructure management services. Consolidation services focus on streamlining and optimizing various aspects of an organization's operations to reduce redundancy, improve efficiency, and achieve cost savings. Data centers are classified into different tiers, including tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, and tier 4, each representing varying levels of reliability and infrastructure redundancy. These tiers find application across various industry sectors, with major end-users including information technology and telecommunications, banking financial services and insurance (BFSI), healthcare, energy, manufacturing, government, and others.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
The sharp rise in U.S. tariffs and the ensuing trade tensions in spring 2025 are having a significant impact on the information technology sector, especially in hardware manufacturing, data infrastructure, and software deployment. Increased duties on imported semiconductors, circuit boards, and networking equipment have driven up production and operating costs for tech companies, cloud service providers, and data centers. Firms that depend on globally sourced components for laptops, servers, and consumer electronics are grappling with extended lead times and mounting pricing pressures. At the same time, tariffs on specialized software and retaliatory actions by key international markets have disrupted global IT supply chains and dampened foreign demand for U.S.-made technologies. In response, the sector is ramping up investments in domestic chip production, broadening its supplier network, and leveraging AI-powered automation to improve resilience and manage costs more effectively.
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The data center transformation market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $12.05 billion in 2024 to $13.09 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rise in data center traffic, increasing demand for cloud computing services, adoption of digital enterprise solutions like ERP and analytics, investments in cutting-edge data center technology, growing need for data center modernization.
The data center transformation market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $19.38 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to integration of 5G technology, growing demand for software-optimized data centers, expansion of cloud-based services and data centers, favorable government policies for data center upgrades, increasing deployment of technologies in data centers. Major trends in the forecast period include adoption of advanced solutions for data center transformation, emphasis on sustainability with energy-efficient solutions, introduction of innovative products, robust marketing strategies to enhance brand visibility.
The forecast of 10.3% growth over the next five years reflects a slight reduction of 0.1% from the previous projection. This reduction is primarily due to the impact of tariffs between the US and other countries. Trade policy shifts could hamper modernization efforts as U.S. firms struggle to procure next-gen components and software integrations cost-effectively under elevated tariff regimes. The effect will also be felt more widely due to reciprocal tariffs and the negative effect on the global economy and trade due to increased trade tensions and restrictions.
The surge in both the volume and velocity of data generation is poised to act as a significant driver for the expansion of the data center transformation market in the foreseeable future. Data generation, which encompasses the creation of data through various channels and activities, is witnessing an upward trajectory fueled by the widespread adoption of digital technologies such as smartphones, IoT devices, social media platforms, and online transactions. These technologies continually churn out vast amounts of data from diverse sources and interactions. Data center transformation endeavors to provide the requisite infrastructure and tools to efficiently manage and process this escalating volume of data. As per the December 2022 report from Sky's The Limit (STL), a US-based optical and digital solutions company, global data generation in 2021 was estimated at 79 zettabytes. Projections indicate that by 2025, this figure will double to approximately 150 zettabytes, underscoring the exponential growth in data generation. Consequently, the upsurge in data volume and speed is emerging as a key catalyst propelling the growth of the data center transformation market.
Prominent players within the data center transformation landscape are actively innovating to enhance their competitiveness and profitability, with a focus on pioneering technologies such as data center suites. A data center suite denotes a dedicated and enclosed space within a data center facility customized to fulfill the specific requirements of clients or tenants. For instance, in September 2023, Honeywell International Inc., a US-based technology conglomerate, unveiled a new suite of solutions branded as the Honeywell Data Center Suite. This suite is meticulously crafted to aid data center managers and proprietors in optimizing uptime, enhancing worker productivity, maintaining critical asset health, and managing operational expenses while providing comprehensive insights into sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs). Moreover, the Honeywell Data Center Suite facilitates proactive monitoring, management of critical infrastructure, deployment of condition-based maintenance strategies, and the application of advanced analytics to drive efficiency gains and cost reductions in data center operations.
In March 2022, SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., a US-based holding company, completed the acquisition of Blue Prism Group Plc for $1.6 billion. This strategic move was intended to strengthen SS&C's position as a premier provider of software and services to the financial services and healthcare sectors, particularly enhancing its capabilities in intelligent automation and robotic process automation (RPA). Blue Prism Group plc, headquartered in the UK, specializes in software solutions for automating processes, with a focus on data center management.
Major companies operating in the data center transformation market are Microsoft Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation, Dell Inc., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Accenture plc, International Business Machines Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Schneider Electric SE, ABB Ltd., Google Cloud, Eaton Corporation plc, Cognizant, Emerson Network Power Inc., Hindustan Computers Limited Technologies, Atos, Wipro Ltd., Equinix Inc., NetApp Inc., Digital Realty, Citrix Systems Inc., HDR Inc., Cloud Software Group, Gensler, CyrusOne, Corgan, Acronis
North America was the largest region in the data center transformation market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the data center transformation market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the data center transformation market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The data center transformation market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as migration services, design and architecture, assessment, and planning. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The data center transformation market consists of sales of software-defined infrastructure, cloud computing solutions, containers and clusters, and hardware components. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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The forecasts are made after considering the major factors currently impacting the market. These include the technological advancements such as AI and automation, Russia-Ukraine war, trade tariffs (government-imposed import/export duties), elevated inflation and interest rates.