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Industry ReportUptime InstituteAugust 2026Market, Policy & Sustainability

Data Center Capacity Growth Trends: Findings from the 2026 Global Data Center Survey

This concise Uptime Institute industry report draws on the 2026 Global Data Center Survey to examine growth in data center capacity and IT load density. It is based on responses from 801 data center owners and operators within the full respondent pool of 1,635. The analysis covers plans to build and upgrade high-density space, the distribution of installed IT capacity, rack densities, server refresh cycles, infrastructure redundancy and the quality of operational data.

Data Center Capacity GrowthHigh-Density RacksAI InfrastructureHPC
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