IDC Q2 2020 Global Server Market Report: Revenue Growth, Vendor Rankings, and Regional Performance

IDC report shows that in the second quarter of 2020 the global server market vendor revenue grew 19.8% year‑over‑year to $24 billion, and shipments increased 18.4% to nearly 3.2 million units.

Details: IDC released 2020 Q2 report data: servers up 19.8%, storage down 5%, switches down 6.3%

Regarding server categories, bulk‑shipment servers revenue increased 22.1% to $18.7 billion, mid‑range servers revenue fell 0.4% to $3.3 billion, and high‑end systems grew 44.1% to $1.9 billion.

IDC Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies senior analyst Paul Maguranis said: “Enterprise server demand remained strong in Q2 2020, especially in APAC, which grew 31% year‑over‑year.”

Global server market vendor rankings for Q2 2020: HPE/Xinhua 3 held 14.9% market share, Dell 13.9%, Inspur/Inspur Commercial Machines 10.5% with a 77% YoY growth, and Lenovo and IBM each around 6%.

ODM Direct manufacturers accounted for 28.8% of total server revenue ($6.9 billion), up 63.4% YoY, and represented 34.4% of the quarter’s shipments.

Regionally, APAC performed best with a 31% increase; China led with 39.8% growth, followed by Japan at 24.9%, while other regions (excluding APAC, Japan, China) grew 13.4%. The United States grew 25%, Canada declined 11.2%, Latin America rose 15.6%, and EMEA fell 5.8%.

In Q2 2020, x86 server revenue grew 17.4% to $21.6 billion, whereas non‑x86 server revenue surged 47.4% to about $2.4 billion.

Notes:

When the revenue or shipment share of two or more vendors differs by no more than 1%, IDC considers the vendors tied in ranking.

Because HPE and Xinhua 3 have a joint venture, IDC combines them as “HPE/Xinhua 3”.

Because IBM and Inspur have a joint venture, IDC combines them as “Inspur/Inspur Commercial Machines”.

Original source: IDC press release