Server Revenue Grew 17.8 Percent in 4Q18; Shipments Increased 8.5 Percent

03.04.2019.

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Server Revenue Grew 17.8 Percent in 4Q18; Shipments Increased 8.5 Percent

The worldwide server market continued to grow through 2018 as revenue increased 17.8 percent in the fourth quarter, while shipments grew 8.5 percent year over year, according to Gartner. In all of 2018, shipments grew 13.1 percent and server revenue increased 30.1 percent compared with full-year 2017.

“Hyperscale and service providers continued to increase their investments in their data centers (albeit at lower levels than at the start of 2017) to meet customers’ rising service demand, as well as enterprises’ services purchases from cloud providers,“ said Kiyomi Yamada, senior principal analyst at Gartner. “To exploit data center infrastructure market disruption, technology product managers for server providers should prepare for continued increases in server demand through 2019, although growth will be a slower pace than in 2018.“

Dell EMC secured the top spot in the worldwide server market based on revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018 and has ended the year with 20.2 percent market share, followed by HPE with 17.7 percent of the market. Huawei experienced the strongest growth in the quarter, growing 45.9 percent.

Worldwide Server Vendor Revenue Estimates, 4Q18 (U.S. Dollars)

Company	4Q18 Revenue	4Q18 Share	4Q17 Revenue	4Q17 Share	4Q18-4Q17 Growth
Dell EMC	4,426,376,116	20.2	3,606,976,178	19.4	22.7
HPE	3,876,819,483	17.7	3,578,005,770	19.3	8.4
Huawei	1,815,071,726	8.3	1,244,382,075	6.7	45.9
Inspur	1,801,622,141	8.2	1,260,671,411	6.8	42.9
IBM	1,783,691,221	8.2	2,623,501,533	14.1	-32.0
Others	8,158,910,239	37.3	6,243,556,262	33.6	30.7
Total	21,862,491,037	100.0	18,556,994,228	100.0	17.8

In server shipments, Dell EMC maintained the No. 1 position in the fourth quarter of 2018 with 16.7 percent market share. HPE secured the second spot with 12.2 percent of the market. Both companies experienced declines in server shipments, while Inspur experienced the strongest growth with a 24.6 percent increase in shipments in the quarter.

Worldwide Server Vendor Shipments Estimates, 4Q18 (Units)

Company	4Q18 Shipments	4Q18 Share	4Q17 Shipments	4Q17 Share	4Q18-4Q17 Growth
Dell EMC	580,580	16.7	582,720	18.3	-0.4
HPE	424,347	12.2	443,854	13.9	-4.4
Inspur	293,702	8.5	235,658	7.4	24.6
Huawei	260,193	7.5	257,916	8.1	0.9
Lenovo	191,032	5.5	181,523	5.7	5.2
Others	1,723,032	49.6	1,499,593	46.8	14.9
Total	3,472,886	100.0	3,201,264	100.0	8.5

The x86 server market increased in revenue by 27.1 percent, and shipments were up 8.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. In terms of regional results, in 2018, Asia/Pacific and North America posted strong growth in revenue with 38.3 percent and 34 percent, respectively. In terms of shipments, Asia/Pacific grew 17.6 percent and North America grew 15.9 percent year over year. EMEA grew 3.1 percent in shipments and 20.4 percent in revenue.