Report: DC Ethernet Market To Be Boosted By The Cloud
Cloud service providers to consume 48% of DC Ethernet switching capacity shipped in 2021.
IHS Markit recently released its Data Center Network Equipment market tracker, which showed that DC Ethernet switch revenue from cloud service providers (CSPs) will reach 23% (up from 16% in CY16) of total data center Ethernet switch revenue ($12B) in CY21, telco to reach 27% (up from 21% in CY16), and enterprise to be the remaining 50% (down from 63% in CY16). Also, we expect DC Ethernet switching capacity shipped to CSPs to reach 48% (up from 36% in CY16) of total capacity in CY21, telco to reach 22% (up from 18% in CY16), and enterprise to capture 30% (down from 46% in CY16).