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In 2026, benefiting from strong capital expenditure by North American CSPs, AI server shipments and revenue share are expected to rise significantly, driving supply chain expansion and the development of liquid cooling technologies. Industry players such as Foxconn, Quanta, Wistron, and MGCooling are actively deploying rack-level and data center system liquid cooling solutions as well as overseas production capacities. Despite lingering geopolitical variables, overall market momentum remains robust.
AI infrastructure upgrades are driving structural memory demand, making DRAM and NAND Flash critical resources. Heavy CSP investment is pushing prices and revenue to record highs. With persistent shortages giving suppliers pricing power, the market is poised for sustained long-term growth.
Micron acquires PSMC’s Tongluo facility to accelerate capacity expansion, alongside agreements for DRAM technology licensing and advanced packaging. This strategic partnership resolves Micron’s AI-driven bottlenecks and enhances PSMC’s mature process capabilities, significantly boosting future industry supply and technical depth.
TrendForce offers you a complete analysis on DRAM industry supply/demand sufficiency, cost analysis and price forecast.
Manufacturers prioritize server demand, cutting PC supply. This prompts a sharp upward revision in 1Q price forecasts, urging buyers to secure supply.
The 1Q26 DRAM market has entered a seller-driven super-cycle fueled by robust AI demand. Capacity crowding is triggering broad price surges, with forecasts being revised upward. As manufacturers prioritize high-margin server orders, the PC and consumer sectors face severe shortages and soaring costs.
Driven by strong demand from US and China CSPs, 2026 AI server shipments will surge. Key drivers include NVIDIA and Google's ASICs, accelerating liquid cooling adoption. While general server refresh cycles aid growth, supply chain lead times remain a potential bottleneck.
Driven by robust AI demand, the memory market has shifted to a seller's market. Manufacturers are prioritizing server capacity, causing severe shortages and low inventory for consumer electronics. Structural imbalances are driving up prices, forcing consumer sectors to face supply constraints and specification downgrades, with shortages expected to persist.
TrendForce combines its expertise in memory market and leverage it to provide a multi-faceted study of server market in this report. The content of it is as follows:
1. Server CPU Market: State of Competition and Market Shares
2. Server Procurement by Cloud Service Providers in North America and China
3. Projection on Shipments of Server Storage Products
4. Projection on Server Shipments for Current Year
5. Major ODM Partners of Critical Server Brands
6. Changes on Volumes in Server DRAM Procurement
7. Trends in SSD Procurement and Projections on Storage Form-Factors and Interfaces
8. Shares of Enterprise and Hyperscaler Servers in Memory Consumption.
Driven by supply constraints from the shift to DDR5 and suppliers' reluctance to sell, DDR4 prices have surged. DDR3 prices followed suit due to reduced output. Strong spot market performance suggests Consumer DRAM contract prices will continue their upward trend in the coming quarter.
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