DC Market Insights forecasts server market to reach $1.31 trillion by 2035

Oct 14, 2026
DC Market Insights forecasts the global data center server market will grow from $365.40 billion in 2025 to $1.31 trillion by 2035, driven by higher value AI servers and rack scale systems.
DC Market Insights forecasts server market to reach $1.31 trillion by 2035

DC Market Insights forecasts the global data center server market will grow from $365.40 billion in 2025 to $1.31 trillion by 2035, according to a company press release. The projection represents a compound annual growth rate of 13.65%.

AI servers averaged about $178,500 per unit in 2025, roughly 19 times the price of a general purpose server. The report projects rack scale integrated systems will account for 48.6% of server market value by 2035 as buyers adopt systems combining computing, networking and cooling.

North America represented 52.4% of market value in 2025, followed by Asia Pacific at 27.6% and Europe at 12.1%. The report also projects government and sovereign AI server spending will reach $133.93 billion by 2035.

DC Market Insights sells the market report the forecast comes from; the release does not describe its research method.

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