Worldwide Service Provider Infrastructure Forecast, 2023–2027

IDC Market Forecast Figure

• Figure: Worldwide Service Provider Infrastructure Spending Snapshot

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

• Table: Worldwide Service Provider Compute and Storage Infrastructure Spending by Category, 2022–2027 ($B)

• Figure: Worldwide Service Provider Compute and Storage Infrastructure Spending by Category, 2018–2027

• Table: Worldwide Service Provider Compute Infrastructure Shipments by Category, 2022–2027 (000)

• Table: Worldwide Service Provider Compute and Storage Infrastructure Storage Capacity Shipped by Category, 2022–2027 (EB)

• Table: Worldwide Service Provider Infrastructure Spending by Technology, 2022–2027 ($B)

• Table: Worldwide Compute and Storage Infrastructure Spending by Buyer Category, 2022–2027 ($B)

• Figure: Worldwide Service Provider Compute and Storage Infrastructure Spending by Buyer Type, 2018–2027

• Table: Worldwide Compute Infrastructure Shipments by Buyer Category, 2022–2027 (000)

• Table: Worldwide Compute and Storage Infrastructure Storage Capacity Shipped by Buyer Category, 2022–2027 (EB)

Market Context

• Drivers and Inhibitors

• Drivers

• Analytics and AI/ML Workloads

• Cloud and Digital Service Providers

• Edge Deployments Become Mission Critical

• Inhibitors

• Excess Inventory (x86 CPUs)

• Macroeconomic Slowdown

• Significant Market Developments

• Changes from Prior Forecast

• Figure: Worldwide Service Provider Compute and Storage Infrastructure Spending and Growth, 2018–2027: Comparison of May 2022 and May 2023 Forecasts

Market Definition

• Service Providers

• Service Provider Buyer Types

• Hyperscaler

• Cloud Service Provider

• Digital Service Provider

• Dedicated Hosting and Managed Service Provider

• Communications Service Provider

• Technology Segments

• Table: IDC's Enterprise Infrastructure Taxonomy Mapping to Standard IDC Trackers

Methodology

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