The installed datacenter IT power capacity in the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) is forecasted to grow at a 5-year CAGR of 14.2 percent and reach 94.4GW by 2028, according to a recent IDC report.
Asia Pacific datacenter IT power capacity spending increased by 9.6 percent. IDC expects the datacenter market growth rate to double to 18.3 percent in 2024, primarily due to the emergence of hyperscale datacenters.
Digital transformation and GenAI are reshaping datacenters, driving unprecedented growth and technological advancements in the Asia Pacific region. Data localization laws are causing enterprises to re-evaluate where they place and how they process their workloads to ensure their IT infrastructure complies with regulations, says Mikhail Jaura, Senior Research Analyst, Datacenter Research, IDC Asia Pacific.
