Soaring memory prices increase system costs and retail prices, hurting the consumer market. TrendForce thus lowered 2026 shipment forecasts for smartphones, notebooks, and game consoles. Game console makers may abandon price cuts due to costs, shifting to high-price, profit-preserving strategies.
The report shows AI-driven demand reshaping the server market, with cloud and enterprise deployments accelerating, core focus on GB rack solutions and all-in-one enclosures, and partnerships to strengthen supercomputing and data-center ecosystems, with growth momentum expected to persist.
Global Server Market – Trends in 4Q25 and Outlook for 2026
TrendForce shows AI-driven DRAM demand surge, creating supply tension. Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron plan to expand DRAM production through 2026.
The Enterprise SSD market saw a strong 3Q25 recovery, with prices and volumes rising due to AI inference and server build-out. Cautious supply combined with explosive demand for ultra-large capacity products is leading to 4Q25 shortages, significant price hikes, and a scramble for materials.
This report focuses on NVIDIA data-center growth and rack-based solutions, highlighting large architectures and liquid cooling as core innovation drivers, with regional markets and risk management noted.
AI demand and HDD supply issues spur Enterprise SSD rush orders. Suppliers significantly boost 4Q25 contract prices, anticipating sustained tight supply and further increases. AI is redefining storage, pushing CSPs to validate large-capacity SSDs.
AI demand lifts memory; fab limits push per-wafer pricing. HBM tight; suppliers favor DDR5; extras may rise.
This report notes AI investment drives cloud and server demand as CSPs and OEMs expand capex and deployment, with in-house chips advancing.
Server DRAM prices are projected to surge due driven by tight supply and robust cloud service provider demand. To secure supply, clients are aggressively negotiating long-term agreements, incentivizing manufacturers to expand capacity. Manufacturers are shifting production focus to high-margin DDR5. Market anticipates persistent undersupply, with substantial new capacity taking years to come online, while process upgrades accelerate short-term. PC DRAM also rises, but less significantly.