Big Data Federation projects Hyperscale Data Center Capex to be flat for the year of 2019. After a period of major growth in 2017 and 2018 of 31 % and 52% respectively, Hyperscale capacities are outpacing utilization. Biggest spenders consist of Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Google, followed by IBM, Alibaba, JD, and Tencent.
Our algorithms predict utilization to catch up with the supply by 2020 resulting in record numbers and a growth of 20%.