Global rack PDU market set for 5.6 percent growth in 2015
The growth rate, which is reported in the IHS report entitled ‘Rack Power Distribution Units – 2015’, is twice as fast as the forecast unit shipment growth, highlighting the continued shift toward higher-priced rack PDU products.
According to IHS the shift is occuring for several reasons. The growth of intelligent products is driven by the need to monitor power usage, report efficiency metrics, decrease power use in the data center, and enable capacity planning. Three-phase rack PDUs and those with higher power ratings also command higher prices. Increased adoption of these products is driven by increasing rack densities.
“While different regions of the world are at different stages in the adoption of the higher-priced product types, we do see an overall trend globally toward rack PDUs with intelligent features such as metering and switching and PDUs with higher power ratings,” explained IHS analyst Sarah McElroy.
In 2014, intelligent rack PDUs accounted for 19 percent of unit shipments globally and 58 percent of revenue. The market is forecast to grow over twice as fast as non-intelligent rack PDUs. Adoption of intelligent rack PDUs remains lower in Africa and some parts of Asia than in the Americas and Europe.
“The Middle East is an interesting market to keep an eye on because it is emerging market for intelligent rack PDUs and has been adopting them faster than other developing regions,” said McElroy.
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