centre spending to hit $99bn
CBR Online reports.
The firm predicts that data centre hardware spending, which includes servers, storage and enterprise data centre networking equipment, will total $106.4 billion in 2012, and surpass $126.2 billion in 2015.
In an ARNnet report, Gartner analyst, Jon Hardcastle believes storage will be the main driver for growth.
He says data centres with more than 500 racks of equipment will also increase their spending from 20% in 2010, to 26% in 2015, thanks to cloud computing and the shift from internal data centre provisioning to external.
In 2010, 2% of data centres contained 52% of total data centre floor space, and accounted for 63% of data centre hardware spending. By 2015, 2% of data centres will contain 60% of data centre floor space, and account for 71% of data centre hardware spending.
Hardcastle says the largest data centre class will benefit from the rise of cloud computing, ZDnet states.
"Firstly, virtualisation technologies are helping companies to utilise their infrastructure more effectively, inhibiting overall system growth," notes Hardcastle.
"Secondly, data centres are getting more efficient, leading to higher system deployment densities and inhibiting demand for floor space," he adds. "Thirdly, the move to consolidated third-party data centres is reducing the overall number of midsize data centres."
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