The AI server market is growing rapidly due to generative AI, driven by cloud service providers. AI server shipments are expected to continue to outpace general-purpose servers and account for a significant portion of the overall server market.
In 2025, the electronics industry sees diverging trends: strong AI demand, weak consumer devices, early pull-in erases seasonality, and future growth slows.
Strong demand for AI and general server orders is driving up enterprise SSD prices. The aggressive procurement and rise of self-built SSD strategies by North American and Chinese CSPs are likely to limit future price increases, weaken supplier bargaining power, and push the market into a phase of capacity and inventory adjustment.
Server module prices rise as CSPs drive demand; DDR4 faces tight supply and price hikes, DDR5 prices lifted by high-capacity modules. However, demand growth is expected to slow in 2026, leading to a price downturn.
The report highlights major manufacturers' HBM capacity strategies, facility expansions, and market trends driven by AI, offering strategic insights for the industry.
US policy shifts ease chip export bans, boosting AI server shipments growth; major tech firms expand AI data centers globally.
NVIDIA has resumed sales of its AI chip H20 in China, prioritizing this year's targets. TSMC's production capacity could be a bottleneck. NVIDIA will also launch the Blackwell platform RTX PRO 6000 to address diverse application needs.
Cloud data center expansions drive upgrades in power and cooling supply chains. BBU lithium batteries and liquid cooling are key trends, offering growth opportunities for related suppliers.
The three main HBM suppliers are enhancing technology and customization to meet AI-driven demands, with growth in collaboration expected.
NVIDIA H20 may resume sales to China, boosting AI GPU supply and demand for HBM and GDDR. US policy shift favors Chinese adoption of high-end AI chips. New products like RTX PRO 6000 will further support diverse AI developments.