Data Center Containment Global Market Report 2024

Data center containment refers to the practice of managing airflow within a data center to optimize cooling efficiency and energy usage. This involves segregating hot and cold air streams to prevent them from mixing, typically using physical barriers such as ducts, panels, or enclosures. Effective containment helps maintain proper temperature levels around IT equipment, enhancing overall reliability and reducing operating costs associated with cooling.

The main types of data center containment include chimney systems, curtain systems, hard panel systems, and modular systems. Chimney systems are designed to safely vent smoke, gases, and other byproducts of combustion from devices such as fireplaces, stoves, furnaces, or boilers to the outside atmosphere. In the context of data centers, containment arrangements include chimney systems, curtain systems, hard panel systems, and modular systems, which are used in hyperscale data centers, colocation data centers, enterprise data centers, and others.

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The data center containment market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $1.83 billion in 2023 to $2.02 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to several factors, including increased data demands, energy efficiency regulations, rising energy costs that have pressured data center operators, the development of more powerful and densely packed servers, corporate sustainability initiatives, and the need to minimize operational costs while maintaining high performance.

The data center containment market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $3.02 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5%. The anticipated growth can be credited to the increased demand for data storage, energy efficiency regulations, rising energy costs, the rapid expansion of cloud services, and heightened awareness of environmental impacts. Data center operators are increasingly focusing on reducing operational expenses. Major trends expected during the forecast period include AI-driven cooling optimization, integration with IoT, green and sustainable containment, hybrid cooling technologies, and advancements in virtualization and digital twins.

The expansion of cloud services is expected to drive the growth of the data center containment market in the future. Cloud services involve the delivery of computing resources over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis, such as storage, processing power, or applications. These services are increasingly popular due to their scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness for both businesses and individuals. Implementing data center containment within cloud services enhances cooling efficiency and reduces energy consumption by segregating hot and cold airflow streams. For example, as reported by Eurostat in December 2023, approximately 45.2% of EU enterprises utilized cloud computing services, marking a notable increase of 4.2% points since 2021. Commonly used cloud services included email hosting, file storage, and operational tasks, underscoring their growing influence on the data center containment market.

Leading companies in the data center containment sector are concentrating on advancing air conditioning systems to enhance efficiency and operational performance. Advanced air conditioning systems are pivotal technologies aimed at optimizing cooling efficiency and operational effectiveness within data centers. For instance, in September 2021, Vertiv, a US-based provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, launched a data center containment solution designed to separate the cool air supplied by air conditioning systems from the hot air expelled by equipment. Efficient management of this environment significantly impacts data center operational costs, thereby influencing service pricing by market providers.

In December 2023, Vertiv acquired CoolTera Ltd., a UK-based company specializing in data center and digital infrastructure power and cooling. This acquisition, valued but not disclosed, strengthens Vertiv's thermal management portfolio with advanced cooling technologies and expertise. The goal is to enhance service delivery to global data center clients and reinforce Vertiv's position in sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing.

Major companies operating in the data center containment market are Dell Technologies Inc., Nucor Corporation, Schneider Electric SE, Eaton Corporation, Legrand SA, Vertiv Holdings, Super Micro Computer Inc., nVent Electric, Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, Panduit Corp., Tate Inc., EAE Inc., Chatsworth Products Inc., DataSpan Inc., Gordon Incorporated, Enconnex LLC, Subzero Engineering, Accelevation LLC, Polargy Inc., 42U, Cosyst Devices, Cool Shield Inc.

North America was the largest region in the data center containment market in 2023. The regions covered in the data center containment market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.

The countries covered in the data center containment market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The data center containment market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as consulting and services, training and education, environmental testing, and certification services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The data center containment market also includes sales of air filtration systems, cleaning supplies and equipment, environmental monitoring systems, and fire suppression systems. 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).

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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