Market Trends of Global Active Copper Cables (ACC) Industry
Growing Deployment of Data Centers to Drive the Market
- As on-demand services gain prominence, enterprises increasingly turn to data centers to meet their IT needs. Data centers have evolved significantly, driven by organizations' heightened demands for data management, backup, recovery, and essential tools like email. This surge in data center demand, especially those catering to enterprise applications, underscores the market's growth.
- Worldwide, hyper-scale data centers are on the rise, responding to the need to store vast data volumes and presenting lucrative prospects for businesses. Industries across the board leverage hyper-scale data centers to bolster computing power, memory, networking, and storage. These centers' key features include the ability to seamlessly scale up workloads and robust physical infrastructure.
- In addition, the Flexera State of the Cloud Report 2023 revealed that 72% of companies had integrated hybrid clouds into their operations. However, this shift often involves transitioning away from traditional private and public cloud setups.
- India and China, prominent players in the market, are channeling significant investments into data center construction. Key players such as AdaniConnex, Reliance, Sify, Atlassian, Yotta, and AWS have unveiled major commitments to bolster India's data center landscape. For instance, AWS, a division of Amazon, has outlined a staggering USD 12.7 billion investment by 2030, underscoring its aggressive expansion plans. In a parallel move, Kotak Alternate Assets, under Kotak Investment Advisors, is injecting USD 800 million into the development of 5-7 sizable data center assets, focusing on prime real estate markets in India, providing the market studied a huge opportunity.
- India is poised to witness a surge in data center market investments, with projections indicating a climb to USD 4.6 billion by 2025. This growth is underpinned by a confluence of factors: a burgeoning domestic internet user base, escalating demands for cloud computing, government-led digitalization initiatives, and a trend toward localization among digital service providers. Notably, India's data center landscape enjoys a key advantage in cost efficiency, both in development and operation, when juxtaposed with more established markets. Presently, major data center clusters are concentrated in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi (NCR), Hyderabad, and Pune, with emerging hubs in Calcutta, Kerala, and Ahmedabad. As these investments in data centers expand, so does the demand for associated infrastructure services, spanning IT, electrical, mechanical, and general construction across the Indian market.
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North America to Hold a Major Share
- North America has the largest data center market in the world. In addition, the data center market in North America is witnessing a surge in hyperscale data center construction, driven by the demand for cloud services and digital transformation. According to Cloudscene's data, as of March 2024, the United States leads globally with 5,381 reported data centers. Germany follows with 521 centers, closely trailed by the United Kingdom with 514. Copper cables have traditionally served most network links between servers, routers, and switches, and the growth of data centers is expected to drive the active copper cable market in the region.
- In addition to data centers, the 5G network market in the United States is poised for rapid growth. The United States stands as the headquarters for telecom powerhouses such as AT&T, Verizon, US Cellular, and C Spire. As per the GSMA Mobile Economy North America 2023 report, North America is projected to witness over 535 million cellular IoT connections by 2030. Enterprises are turning to high-speed copper cabling to future-proof their networks, guaranteeing that their IT infrastructure will not face bottlenecks in the years ahead.
- The growing adoption of private 5G infrastructure in industrial settings is set to boost the demand for the ACC market. For instance, Ericsson, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Hitachi America R&D joined forces in August 2023 to trial a private 5G infrastructure at Hitachi Astemo Americas' electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Such industries typically necessitate a dedicated, exclusive internet line to ensure reliable, uninterrupted connectivity.
- A trend has been observed in private 5G networks in North America. In February 2024, Kyndryl, an IT infrastructure services provider, formed a global strategic alliance with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Collaborating with Athonet, a subsidiary of HPE, Kyndryl is spearheading the joint development and global delivery of LTE and 5G private wireless services. Similarly, in April 2024, Openvia Mobility, a technological platform within the Globalvia Group, a transport infrastructure concessions company, partnered with NTT DATA, a prominent digital business and IT services provider. Together, they are gearing up to deploy Private 5G networks along US roads. This widespread adoption of private 5G, especially in government and private sectors, is poised to significantly boost the ACC market in the region.
- In October 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States initiated a substantial investment of around USD 18.28 billion to bolster rural broadband. This funding, slated for a 15-year initiative starting January 2024, aims to bring 100/20 Mbps broadband to over 700,000 locations and enhance the same service for about 2 million locations across 44 states. Such a massive broadband rollout is poised to significantly boost the ACC market.
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