Vertiv has been ranked by technology analyst firm Omdia as the largest global supplier in a data centre cooling market which continues to undergo change and innovation.
The newly released research highlights that established heat rejection technologies such as Direct Expansion (DX), Chilled Water and Evaporative Cooling continue to dominate while also becoming more sustainable. In addition, new technologies, such as forms of liquid cooling, are predicted to grow as data centre operators look for ways to further improve efficiency and deal with increasingly power-intensive compute.
The Omdia paper, Data Centre Thermal Management Report 2020, published in late 2020 and based on 2018 and 2019 data, states that Vertiv has a 23.5 per cent share of the global data centre cooling market – more than 10 per cent higher than its nearest rival.
The market for data centre thermal technology is set to increase from $3.3 billion in 2020 to more than $4.3 billion in 2024, according to Omdia. Vertiv also leads the global market for perimeter thermal technologies with a 37.5 per cent market share which is more than 20 per cent higher than the next largest supplier.
In addition to analysing market position, the report provides insight and intelligence on how data centre cooling technology is evolving. Established technologies such as chillers and perimeter cooling will remain a large proportion of the market. According to Omdia, split DX is still the primary form of heat rejection in data centre thermal management, but chilled water and direct evaporative heat rejection are gaining momentum. In addition, cloud and colocation service provider momentum has accelerated, driving double-digit growth for air handling units (AHU).
Omdia predicts there will also be strong growth in forms of liquid cooling – immersion and direct-to-chip – that are expected to double between 2020 and 2024. Several factors are contributing to this shift, including increasing chip and server power consumption, edge growth, increasing rack densities, as well as energy efficiency and sustainability requirements.
Source: Vertiv press release. Featured photograph (source: Vertiv) shows Vertiv’s adiabatic free-cooling chiller innovation lab.
