Therefore, containerized and modular data centers represent 1% of the total estimated IT data center workload. These estimates come from a new IHS report, "Containerized and Modular Data Centers - 2015," which defines this market as products with "prefabricated, fully enclosed, mobile structures that house data center infrastructure."
Liz Cruz, author of the report, explains that "while 1% may seem like a small number to some, it's important to remember that containerized data centers have only been commercially available for a few years, and we're looking at their penetration across the entire IT load of all data centers globally, which IHS currently estimates to be approaching 30,000 MW. So a meager 1% ends up being an annual market valued at almost three-quarters of $1 billion.".
The installed base of containerized and modular data centers, as measured by IT workload capacity, is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30% over the next five years. A broader range of customers has recognized the benefits of containerized and modular data centers, leading to increased adoption in recent years. The appeal of these units includes speed of deployment, outsourced data center design, mobility, off-site manufacturing, a single point of control for all systems, and potential reductions in taxes and capital expenditures. In addition to the hyperscale customers who helped popularize the idea of putting thousands of servers in a mobile container, the market now includes a growing number of innovative and niche applications for these products. A recent example is a project at a high-voltage facility in Phoenix that plans to deploy a containerized data center near one of its generating plants to provide power directly from a larger transmission line, thus eliminating the need for an emergency generator.
Although the market is projected to experience high growth over the next five years, Cruz explains that "it's likely that containerized data centers will account for up to 5% of total IT load capacity by 2025 or later, and penetration isn't expected to move much beyond that mark. So, while containerized data centers are currently growing at a much faster rate than traditional ones, they will always remain a relatively small part of the market. But a niche within a very large market can be significant, worth billions of dollars, for data center infrastructure providers.".
Equinix selects Infinera Cloud Xpress for data center interconnection in Hong Kong
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