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.
Revenue of mobile DRAM was driven by the increase of contract prices in 3Q25, and accomplished a QoQ growth of nearly 30% in market value. Revenue is looking to continue ascending in 4Q25 after another significant hike of contract prices. With that said, suppliers may shift their resources to product lines of higher profitability or better strategic positions under constraints of capacity, which would further tighten the supply of mobile DRAM and subside the scale of delivery, thus generating negative interferences to the market value of mobile DRAM.
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.
3Q25 DRAM market achieved strong price and volume growth, fueled by cloud demand and HBM. Low inventories forecast significant price acceleration in 4Q25, boosting manufacturers' profitability.
DRAM contract prices rise, vendors hoard. PC manufacturers face supply constraints. Spot market shrinks, module prices expected to increase. Inventory levels decline, especially for Chinese CSPs, enterprise server OEMs, and smartphone brands. Mobile DRAM prices will rise sharply.
Memory is entering a strong upward cycle, driving a significant rise in overall device BOM cost. To maintain profit margins, brands are adjusting their high-, mid-, and low-tier product mixes and implementing tiered hikes on retail prices. Soaring memory prices, coupled with a weak macro economy, create dual headwinds that will suppress production and shipment momentum for consumer electronics in 2026.
This report notes AI investment drives cloud and server demand as CSPs and OEMs expand capex and deployment, with in-house chips advancing.
CXMT, through expansions and yield improvement, has once again taken the crown for YoY growth of output bit for 2026. The supplier’s major product, mobile DRAM, highly corresponds to DRAM products required by China, the largest production base of smartphones in the world. China’s subsidy policy, as well as the shortage of LPDDR4X generated by production shift among South Korean and US suppliers, have facilitated a swift expansion of CXMT’s market share.
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.