The Q4 2017 growth of the server market continues in Q1 2018, Gartner reports-- EMEA revenues are up by 32.1% Y-o-Y even as shipments drop by -2.7 Y-o-Y, with hyperscale, enterprise and midsize datacentres as main spending drivers.
"Enterprises and midsize businesses are in the process of investing in their on-premises and colocation infrastructure to support server replacements and growth requirements even as they continue to invest in public cloud solutions," the analyst says. "Additionally, when it came to server average selling prices (ASP) increases for the quarter, one driver was the fact that DRAM prices increased due to constrained supplies."
On a global basis, Q1 2018 server revenues show 33.4% Y-o-Y growth, while shipments increase by 17.3% Y-o-Y.
When it comes to vendors, Dell EMC leads in terms of revenues, with Q1 2018 growth reaching 51.4% Y-o-Y and 21.5% market share. HPE follows with 19.9% share and 10.4% Y-o-Y revenue growth. Inspur Electronics comes 3rd with the strongest growth of the quarter, 120.4% Y-o-Y. Dell EMC also leads in shipments, with 18.2% share. HPE comes 2nd despite a -8.5% Y-o-Y decline, with 13.1% of the market.
The x86 server market shows 35.7% Y-o-Y revenue growth and a shipment increase of 17.5% Y-o-Y. RISC/Itanium UNIX servers continue to struggle, with shipments falling by -52.8% as revenues drop by -46.7%.
