21/03/2026
IDC:
The server market reached a record 125.3 billion US-dollars in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2025, fueled by the accelerated AI Infrastructure investment path that keep outpacing any geopolitical tensions, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker.
The global server market has maintained its resiliency throughout economic challenges. Leading companies continue investing in infrastructure especially in top hyperscalers while large Service providers race to lead in the AI era.
This quarter showed another high double digit-growth rate by reaching a year-over-year (YoY) increase of 52.4 percent in vendor revenue compared to the same quarter of 2024.
Revenue generated from x86 servers increased 16.9 percent in 2025Q4 to $69.8 billion while Non-x86 servers increased 146.4% YoY to 55.5 billion US-dollars.
Revenue for servers with an embedded GPU in the fourth quarter of 2025 grew 59.1 percent year-over-year representing more than half of the total server market revenue.
For calendar year 2025 the market finished growing 80.4 percent compared to 2024, reaching a yearly record of 444.1 billion US-dollars revenue.
Hyperscalers and cloud service providers keep leading investment demand while traditional on-premise segment remain cautious on their spending path.
Even though recession fears remain low, the global economy slow growth and geopolitical tensions represent the main worry for the future
The volatile increasing prices on certain components such as GPUs, DRAM and SSDs sparks worries over the future, some companies have been trying to secure prices ahead while the industry is accommodating to the new reality. The impact could be hitting harder during 2026 as demand keeps outpacing offering capacity in the near term.