451 Research’s Vendor Window: Emerson and Schneider Electric Lead in Power and Cooling Markets
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451 Research has unveiled the results of its Vendor Window surveys covering Power, Cooling, and Colocation. The findings are based on a survey of more than 1,000 IT professionals globally. The latest survey shows that Schneider Electric (APC) and Emerson (Liebert) remain the leaders in power and cooling equipment for the datacenter, respectively. According to 451 Research’s latest Datacenter Market Sizing Forecast Model, the colocation market grew 11% year over year on a square footage basis in Q115 and is forecast to maintain that rate through 2018.
The 451 Research Vendor Window assessment is based on both overall enterprise adoption rates and customer ratings of vendor performance. In the power equipment (e.g., UPS and PDU) sector, Schneider Electric is used by the majority of enterprise customers surveyed (64%), followed by Emerson Network Power (33%). The vendor evaluations of Schneider and Emerson are comparable, with Schneider slightly ahead in market-competitive product features while Emerson rates better for product efficiency. For cooling equipment (e.g., CRAC and CRAH), Emerson is both the most commonly used vendor among the study participants (59%) and the highest rated.