The global server market sees moderate growth driven by AI investments and major cloud providers adopting advanced AI chips amid trade uncertainties.
The 2026 HBM3e market faces oversupply with Samsung likely ramping up HBM3e capacity causing price declines; HBM4 sees premium pricing amid fierce competition and concentrated NVIDIA supply.
Geopolitical and tariff risks accelerate US local server ODM production, with strong growth in AI server shipments driven by NVIDIA and AMD platforms; cooling technology advances boost supplier growth amid stable capacity and cautious demand.
Global cloud data centers rapidly adopt liquid cooling as the standard for AI server cooling, driving supply chain growth.
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.