Data Center Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) Market By Product Type (Basic PDU, Metered PDU, Intelligent PDU, Switched PDU) and Region - Global Forecast 2026

The global data center rack power distribution unit market is estimated to value at more than US$ 1 Bn in 2018, and is expected to register a CAGR of 6.5%. The global data center rack power distribution unit market report has been segmented on the basis of product type and region.

Global Data Center Rack Power Distribution Unit Market: Introduction

Rack mounted power distribution unit are manufactured, installed, configured, and managed depending upon intended purpose. The rack mounted power distribution unit are available in various sizes and are configured depending on the type of voltage and connection requirements. Power distribution units include monitoring functions and remote accessing facilities and can be distinguished into simple and cost-effective rack-mounted power strips based on their functionalities such as remote monitoring, power filtering, SNMP or LAN control, and intelligent load balancing technology.

Global Data Center Rack Power Distribution Unit Market: Dynamics

A major factor driving growth of the global data center rack power distribution unit market is growing demand for power distribution units owing to continuous growth in the number of smart connected devices in various data centers for data acquisition, data monitoring, and many other related services.

In addition, increasing adoption of cloud-based systems in information technology sector owing to various capabilities offered by power distribution unit in data center rack management such as efficient handling of large amount of energy, assistance in balancing loads, and smart power control and monitor for specific servers, switched, and many other data center devices is another factor expected to boost growth of the global data center rack power distribution unit market in the near future.

Power distribution units regulates voltage in a data centers and provides real-time power data input and output of an information technology (IT) infrastructure, thus enabling efficient power controlling functionality during equipment failures situation. This is resulting in high implementation of power distribution units in cloud-based systems infrastructure that encourages cloud service providers to upgrade their existing data centers facilities, which is expected to support growth of the global data center rack power distribution unit market.

However, increasing development for digitalized power distribution units make them prone to hacking threats and this a challenging factor and could affect growth of the global data center rack power distribution unit market to a certain extent over the forecast period.

Increasing infrastructure development, rising awareness about efficient power consumption strategies, increasing demand for technologically advanced products from consumers are among some of the major factors expected to create lucrative growth opportunities for prominent and new entrants in the global data center rack power distribution unit market. Furthermore, development of more cost-effective power distribution units could help manufacturers reduce manufacturing overheads and end-product costs, and will help to gain major revenue share in market.

Global Data Center Rack Power Distribution Unit Market Analysis, by Type

Among the product type segments, the metered PDU segment is expected to contribute major revenue share in the global data center rack power distribution unit market, and is expected to register a CAGR of over XX% in terms of revenue over the forecast period, owing to increasing focus of manufacturers to develop innovative and advanced power distribution unit that provides high power monitoring and offers cost-effective solutions. The intelligent PDU segment is expected to register highest CAGR of over 8% over the forecast period.

Global Data Center Rack Power Distribution Unit Market Analysis, by Region

The market in North America is expected to account for major share in terms of revenue in the global data center rack power distribution unit market in 2019.

Europe market is expected to register significant growth of the global data center rack power distribution unit market, owing to rising demand for data centers from the IT sector, BFSI sector, and cloud storage services to manage infrastructure, connectivity, and services.

Furthermore, the Asia Pacific data center rack power distribution unit market is expected to register highest CAGR of over 6.5% in the next 10 years. This is primarily attributed to rapid industrialization and increasing number of BPOs KPOs, IPOs, etc. in emerging Asia Pacific countries such as India, China, Japan, etc., and growing necessity to increase utilization of rack PDUs to protect computers and Internet devices during power outages in this region.

Increasing government investments, campaigns, and initiatives to encourage a generation of new digital startups for hyper-scaling and edge computing. In addition, growing information technology (IT) sector with prominence of various technologies such as cloud computing in emerging countries, coupled with increasing digital India initiative in the country are major factors expected to drive revenue growth of the data center rack power distribution unit market over the forecast period in Asia Pacific.

The market in Europe is expected to register lucrative CAGR in the global data center rack power distribution unit market over the forecast period. The Europe market is expected to account for major share in terms revenue owing to high penetration of energy-consuming direct current (DC) loads in residential and commercial sectors, and increasing adoption of cloud computing and server virtualization technology in countries in the region.

Global Data Center Rack Power Distribution Unit Market Segmentation:

Segmentation by Product Type:

• Basic PDU
• Metered PDU
• Intelligent PDU
• Switched PDU

 Segmentation by Region:

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa