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Analyst(s): Magnus Bergfors | Lynne Phelan
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... Hype, Let's Talk About the Weather By Wade McDaniel | July 17, 2026 I was recently in London during London Climate Action Week 2026. I was there for a Gartner event that ended up being canceled due to the U.K. Met Office Red Warning for extreme heat. Ironically, a London Climate Action Week session at ...
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... Deep, prolonged shortages of DRAM and NAND/SSD in 2026, driven by the AI boom, will result in price surges in data center server and storage infrastructure. Heads of I&O can combat the price increases by right sizing for performance, extending hardware life span, and qualifying third-party memory/SSDs ...
Analyst(s): Joseph Unsworth | Chandra Mukhyala | Daniel Bowers
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Server market spending is projected to reach $530 billion in 2026, following $383 billion in 2025, due to increasing levels of demand for AI-optimized servers. This reflects a year-over-year change of 36.9% in constant currency, with a 28.1% five-year compound ...
Analyst(s): Adrian O'Connell | Amit Goyal | Uko Tian | Andrew H Kim
... AI storage demand has surged, and, compounded by “nearline” HDD shortages, will create a flash demand crisis. With a shortage of over 5% predicted for2026, prices are set to leap by 56.6%, disrupting customer go-to-market plans. Supply relief is not expected until mid-2027. Overview Table of Contents ...
... Already a Gartner client? Propelled by stronger-than-expected demand for AI-related advanced node wafers and packaging, foundry revenue is projected to surge 26.2% to $173.7 billion in 2025. This momentum is expected to continue in 2026 with 18.8% growth, pushing the market past the $200 billion milestone ...
... DBMS market is forecast to grow by 18.4% in 2026 to $161 billion, driven by rising data volumes, growth of analytic workloads, AI adoption and cloud-native expansion. Vector databases will lead growth with a 75.3% CAGR, fueled by GenAI, RAG and hybrid search for fast, scalable embeddings. Overview Table ...
Analyst(s): Arunasree Cheparthi | Robin Schumacher