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Worldwide server market revenue grew 19.8% year over year in the second quarter of 2020
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 19.8% year over year to $24.0 billion during the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20). Worldwide server shipments grew 18.4% year over year to nearly 3.2 million units in 2Q20.
In terms of server class, volume server revenue was up 22.1% to $18.7 billion, while midrange server revenue declined 0.4% to about $3.3 billion and high-end systems grew by 44.1% to $1.9 billion.
“Global demand for enterprise servers was strong during the second quarter of 2020,” said Paul Maguranis, senior research analyst, Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies at IDC. “We certainly see areas of reduced spending, but this was offset by investments made by large cloud builders and enterprises targeting solutions that support shifting infrastructure needs caused by the global pandemic. Investments in Asia/Pacific were also particularly strong, growing 31% year over year.”
Overall Server Market Standings, by Company
The worldwide server market ended 2Q20 with a statistical tie* between, and Dell Technologies for the number 1 position. HPE/New H3C Group finished the quarter with market share of 14.9% while Dell Technologies captured a 13.9% share of worldwide revenues. Inspur/Inspur Power Systems took third place with 10.5% share and impressive 77% year-over-year growth. Lenovo and IBM tied* for fourth with 6.1% and 6.0% share, respectively. The ODM Direct group of vendors accounted for 28.8% of total server revenue at $6.9 billion with year-over-year growth of 63.4% and delivered 34.4% of all units shipped during the quarter.
| Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Server Vendor Revenue, Market Share, and Growth, Second Quarter of 2020 (Revenues are in US$ Millions) | |||||
| Company | 2Q20 Revenue | 2Q20 Market Share | 2Q19 Revenue | 2Q19 Market Share | 2Q20/2Q19 Revenue Growth |
| T1. HPE/New H3C Groupa* | $3,582.4 | 14.9% | $3,646.4 | 18.2% | -1.8% |
| T1. Dell Technologies | $3,339.8 | 13.9% | $3,793.3 | 18.9% | -12.0% |
| 3. Inspur/Inspur Power Systemsb | $2,532.9 | 10.5% | $1,431.0 | 7.1% | 77.0% |
| T4. Lenovo* | $1,466.6 | 6.1% | $1,212.3 | 6.0% | 21.0% |
| T4. IBM* | $1,449.7 | 6.0% | $1,188.6 | 5.9% | 22.0% |
| ODM Direct | $6,917.6 | 28.8% | $4,232.7 | 21.1% | 63.4% |
| Rest of Market | $4,748.1 | 19.8% | $4,563.5 | 22.7% | 4.0% |
| Total | $24,037.1 | 100.0% | $20,067.8 | 100% | 19.8% |
| Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, September 8, 2020 | |||||
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