The Global Market for Prefabricated Modular Data Centers is Projected to Reach US$5 Billion by 2020

Surge in Data Traffic & Data Management Needs Drive Demand for Prefabricated Modular Data Centers, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA launches comprehensive analysis of industry segments, trends, growth drivers, market share, size and demand forecasts on the global Prefabricated Modular Data Centers market. The global market for Prefabricated Modular Data Centers is projected to reach US$5 billion by 2020, driven by the surge in data traffic, increase in new data center establishments and the ensuing need to shorten lead time for data center commissioning.

Prefabricated Modular Data Centers (MDCs) are designed, manufactured, pre-tested, and pre-assembled in a factory environment, and subsequently delivered and commissioned at the consumer site. Initial consumer response into Prefab MDCs was tepid due to the relative immaturity of the technology, lack of clarity, and consumer scepticism. The prefabricated MDC market took off in the year 2012. While traditional data centers are in widespread use, prefab MDCs are mainly utilized for edge data centers and other specialized applications. The growth in the market is expected to be favourably impacted by the influx of new vendors and the resulting increase in product choices in the marketplace. In addition, prefab MDCs are expected to figure prominently in the new data center approaches of SMBs and hyperscale operators who value the benefits offered by cost-effectiveness, higher performance and lower lead times. The adoption of micro-modular data centers and full mini data centers is expected to increase in sync with the growing demand for edge network IT. As the market frontiers expand, more players are expected to foray into the market, particularly in the converged IT and low-end design segments.

Technology advancements and growing consumer awareness are catapulting prefabricated MDCs from a niche IT concept to a mainstream strategy in diverse industries ranging from financial services, healthcare, IT services, government, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Prefab MDCs are especially suitable for telecom, collocation and international Internet companies that need solutions that can be quickly implemented and expanded on demand. Similarly, Internet companies are showing high affinity for the cost-effective and low risk capacity expansion facilitated by prefab MDCs. An increasing number of mobile network operators and Internet service providers with captive data center infrastructure are expected to adopt Prefabricated MDCs. While enclosed and containerized Prefab MDCs have cornered the bigger share of the market, prefab building structures are rapidly gaining traction.

As stated by the new market research report on Prefabricated Modular Data Centers, the United States represents the largest market worldwide. Asia-Pacific ranks as the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 37.5% over the analysis period. The growth in the region is driven by increasing investments in modernizing IT infrastructure, and growing preference for new designs such as converged infrastructure combined with prefabricated MDCs to facilitate faster and more flexible deployment of architecture.

Major players covered in the report include Baselayer Technology, LLC, BladeRoom Group Ltd., Cannon Technologies Ltd., Colt Group S.A., Dell Inc., Elliptical Mobile Solutions, Emerson Electric Co., Flexenclosure AB, Hewlett-Packard Company, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., International Business Machines Corporation, Schneider Electric SE, AST Modular, Silicon Graphics International Corp., SmartCube among others.

The research report titled “Prefabricated Modular Data Centers: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections in US$ for all major geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America (Brazil and Rest of Latin America) and Rest of World. 

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