Grid Computing Market Report 2025

This report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The grid computing market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $5.18 billion in 2024 to $6.18 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growing data volumes, demand for high-performance computing, need for resource optimization, increasing complexity of computational tasks, scalability requirements, cost efficiency, Industry-wide adoption.

The grid computing market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $12.42 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to rise of big data analytics, expansion of cloud computing, demand for distributed computing solutions, acceleration of AI and machine learning, regulatory compliance requirements, focus on energy efficiency. Major trends in the forecast period include integration of artificial intelligence, growth in demand for big data processing, expansion for real-time applications, adoption of containerization.

The growing demand for data security is expected to drive the expansion of the grid computing market. Data security involves the practices, technologies, and measures designed to protect digital data from unauthorized access, corruption, theft, or damage throughout its lifecycle. The increased focus on data security is driven by rising cyber threats, the growing volume of data, the need to protect business reputations, emerging technologies and risks, financial risk mitigation, safeguarding against data loss, and boosting trust in digital transactions. Grid computing solutions often include compliance features that align with industry regulations and data protection laws. By following these standards and implementing strong security protocols, organizations can reduce regulatory risks and show their commitment to protecting customer data. For example, in August 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a US-based government agency, projected that the employment of information security analysts would grow by 33% from 2023 to 2033, significantly outpacing the average growth rate for all occupations. As a result, the increasing need for data security is driving growth in the grid computing market.

Leading enterprises in the grid computing sector are leveraging technological innovations such as GridOS Software to secure a competitive market position. GridOS Software provides a holistic software solution that manages entire processes or services from start to finish, eliminating the need for third-party involvement. In February 2023, General Electric, a prominent US-based conglomerate, introduced GridOS Software. This software is designed to aid utilities in orchestrating a clean energy grid, thereby facilitating the transition to renewable energy sources. It addresses the challenges of increasing grid complexity and ensures the provision of reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy worldwide, accelerating the shift towards a future-oriented clean energy grid.

In July 2022, GE HealthCare Technologies Inc., a technology company based in the US, entered into a partnership with Amazon Web Services, a leading provider of cloud computing services specializing in grid computing for financial services. This collaboration is intended to produce intelligent grid orchestration solutions that assist utilities in their digital transformation efforts, modernize the power grid, and hasten the energy transition. Utilizing cloud technologies and grid orchestration software, this partnership aims to speed up innovation, integrate renewable energy sources more effectively, and improve grid reliability, ultimately delivering more cost-effective and dependable energy to customers.

Major companies operating in the grid computing market are Amazon Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corporation, Dell Technologies Inc., Hitachi Vantara India Pvt. Ltd., Lenovo Group Ltd., Intel Corporation, International Business Machine Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corp., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, NVIDIA Corp., VMware Inc., Atos SE, SAS Institute Inc., Red Hat Inc., Platform Computing Inc., Anyscale Inc., Incredibuild Software Ltd., Rescale Inc., GigaSpaces Technologies Inc., GridGain Systems Inc., Univa Corp., Bright Computing Inc., AutoGrid Systems Inc.

Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the grid computing market in 2024. North America is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the grid computing market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the grid computing market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The grid computing market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as resource discovery, job scheduling and management, data management, security, and authentication. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The grid computing market also includes sales of products such as computational computing nodes, networking infrastructure, middleware, security components, and monitoring and management tools. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

Grid computing involves linking numerous computer nodes within a distributed architecture, enabling them to collaborate and complete tasks collectively. This system offers organizations an economical and efficient approach to distributed computing, allowing them to harness diverse computing resources to address complex challenges and scale their computational efforts effectively.

In grid computing, the primary components include grid computing hardware, software, and services. Grid computing hardware encompasses the physical devices and equipment necessary for establishing and maintaining grid infrastructures, such as servers, storage systems, networking components, and specialized hardware accelerators. These components cater to organizations of varying sizes, from small to large enterprises, and find applications across different sectors such as consumer electronics, education, utility computing, data storage, and more.

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The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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