Statista market research data on the global data centre industry tracks revenue, capacity additions, colocation pricing trends, and geographic market distribution from established data center markets through emerging growth regions. The most recent forecast data projects the global data centre market continuing to expand at double-digit annual growth rates through 2030, driven by enterprise cloud migration, AI workload expansion, and the buildout of edge computing infrastructure.
North America, led by the United States, maintains its position as the largest single regional data centre market by revenue and installed capacity. Northern Virginia alone hosts more data centre capacity than any other metropolitan area in the world, though supply constraints from power availability and community opposition have accelerated development in secondary markets including Georgia, Texas, Indiana, Ohio, and the Carolinas.
Colocation data centres, which provide space, power, and connectivity to enterprise customers who own their own servers, represent the largest segment of the commercial data centre market. Hyperscale campuses built and operated by technology companies for their own use are the fastest-growing segment. Edge data centres, which place computing capacity closer to end users to reduce latency, are an emerging category with significant long-term growth potential.
The data centre real estate investment trust sector has attracted institutional capital as investors seek exposure to infrastructure benefiting directly from AI growth. Major data centre REITs including Equinix, Digital Realty, and Iron Mountain have seen elevated valuations reflecting investor confidence in long-term demand.
Source: Statista -- https://www.statista.com/topics/1718/data-center-market/