APAC data centres to hit 94.4GW by 2028 — IDC
Infrastructure modernisation and the AI boom are set to double the market growth rate this year.
Installed data centre IT power capacity in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, excluding Japan, is forecasted to reach 94.4GW by 2028, according to analyst firm IDC.
The recent IDC report predicted a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.2% to achieve this figure.
It also noted a 9.6% year-over-year increase in data centre IT power capacity spending and projects the market growth rate to double to 18.3% in 2024.
IDC attributed this increase to the emergence of numerous hyperscale data centres, as well as infrastructure modernisation efforts across the region and the AI boom.
“Data localisation laws are causing enterprises to re-evaluate where they place and how they process their workloads to ensure their IT infrastructure complies with the region's rapidly developing and non-uniform regulations,” IDC Asia/Pacific Senior Research Analyst Mikhail Jaura said.
According to IDC, the projected increase in data centre capacity is expected to meet the demands of cloud services, and AI applications — paving the way for next-generation data centres.
However, IDC noted that challenges such as power scarcity and supply chain disruptions may pose inhibitors to this growth.
