Worldwide Server Market Revenue Grew 12.0% Year Over Year in the First Quarter of 2021, According to IDC

In addition to the table above, a graphic illustrating the worldwide market share of the top 5 server companies in 1Q21 and 1Q20 is available by viewing this press release on IDC.com.

Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Server Unit Shipments, Market Share, and Growth, First Quarter of 2021

Company

1Q21 Unit

Shipments

1Q21

Market

Share

1Q20 Unit

Shipments

1Q20

Market

Share

1Q21/1Q20

Unit

Growth

1. Dell Technologies

488,981

17.5%

474,011

18.4%

3.2%

2. HPE/H3C(a)

405,190

14.5%

377,544

14.6%

7.3%

3. Inspur/Inspur Power Systems(b)

222,596

8.0%

216,896

8.4%

2.6%

4. Lenovo

169,467

6.1%

154,415

6.0%

9.7%

T5. Super Micro*

128,558

4.6%

131,989

5.1%

-2.6%

T5. Huawei*

116,606

4.2%

100,035

3.9%

16.6%

ODM Direct

887,520

31.7%

770,466

29.8%

15.2%

Rest of Market

377,236

13.5%

356,689

13.8%

5.8%

Total

2,796,154

100.0%

2,582,044

100.0%

8.3%

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, June 10, 2021

Top Server Market Findings

On a geographic basis, server revenue in China was up 29.1% year over year while Asia/Pacific (excluding China and Japan) increased 16.6%. Latin America declined 9.1% and North America grew 10.6% year over year.

Revenue generated from x86 servers increased 10.9% in 1Q21 to $18.7 billion. Non-x86 server revenue grew 23.0% year over year to $2.2 billion.

Notes:

* IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide server market when there is a difference of one percent or less in the share of revenues or shipments among two or more vendors.

(a) Due to the existing joint venture between HPE and H3C, IDC is reporting external market share on a global level for HPE and H3C as "HPE/H3C" starting from 2Q 2016. Per the JV agreement, Tsinghua Holdings subsidiary, Unisplendour Corporation, through a wholly owned affiliate, purchased a 51% stake in H3C and HPE has a 49% ownership stake in the new company.

(b) Inspur revenues include revenues and server units for Inspur Power Systems. Inspur is reported as a separate company with revenues including Inspur OEM systems and Inspur Power Systems locally developed and branded systems revenue. Per the JV agreement, Inspur Power Commercial System Co., Ltd., has total registered capital of RMB 1 billion, with Inspur investing RMB 510 million for a 51% equity stake, and IBM investing RMB 490 million for the remaining 49% equity stake.




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