FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — December 9, 2020 — According to the International Data Corporation ( IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 2.2% year over year to $22.6 billion during the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20). Worldwide server shipments declined 0.2% year over year to nearly 3.1 million units in 3Q20.
Volume server revenue was up 5.8% to $19.0 billion, while midrange server revenue declined 13.9% to $2.6 billion, and high-end servers declined by 12.6% to $937 million.
"Global demand for enterprise servers was a bit muted during the third quarter of 2020 although we did see areas of strong demand," said Paul Maguranis, senior research analyst, Infrastructure Platforms and Technologies at IDC. "From a regional perspective, server revenue within China grew 14.2% year over year. And worldwide revenues for servers running AMD CPUs were up 112.4% year over year while ARM-based servers grew revenues 430.5% year over year, albeit on a very small base of revenue."
Overall Server Market Standings, by Company
Dell Technologies and HPE/New H3C Group were tied* for the top position in the 3Q20 worldwide server market with 16.7% and 15.9% revenue share respectively. Inspur/Inspur Power Systems finished third with a 9.4% share of revenue. Lenovo was fourth with a 5.9% share and Huawei was fifth with a 4.9% share. The ODM Direct group of vendors accounted for 28.0% of total server revenue, up 8.4% year over year.
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Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Server Vendor Revenue, Market Share, and Growth, Third Quarter of 2020 (Revenues are in US$ Millions) |
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Company |
3Q20
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3Q20
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3Q19
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3Q19
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3Q20/3Q19
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T1. Dell Technologies * |
$3,757.8 |
16.65 |
% |
$3,779.1 |
17.12 |
% |
-0.6 |
% |
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T1. HPE/New H3C Group a* |
$3,596.9 |
15.94 |
% |
$3,737.9 |
16.93 |
% |
-3.8 |
% |
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3. Inspur/Inspur Power Systems b |
$2,114.7 |
9.37 |
% |
$1,973.3 |
8.94 |
% |
7.2 |
% |
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4. Lenovo |
$1,326.0 |
5.88 |
% |
$1,189.8 |
5.39 |
% |
11.4 |
% |
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5. Huawei |
$1,098.9 |
4.87 |
% |
$916.7 |
4.15 |
% |
19.9 |
% |
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ODM Direct |
$6,303.3 |
28.03 |
% |
$5,816.0 |
26.34 |
% |
8.4 |
% |
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Rest of Market |
$4,367.9 |
19.36 |
% |
$4,663.8 |
21.13 |
% |
-6.3 |
% |
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Total |
$22,565.6 |
100.00 |
% |
$22,076.6 |
100.00 |
% |
2.2 |
% |
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Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, December 8, 2020 |
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