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Omdia: Global Cloud Infrastructure Spending Rose 29% in Q4 2025 as Hyperscalers Scaled AI Infrastructure Investment

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Omdia: Global Cloud Infrastructure Spending Rose 29% in Q4 2025 as Hyperscalers Scaled AI Infrastructure Investment Top cloud vendors’ market share trends, Q1 2021 to Q4 2025Worldwide cloud infrastructure services spend, Q4 2025 LONDON, March 26, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Omdia, global spending on cloud infra…
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  • AI demand is no longer confined to specialized compute such as GPUs, but is also driving broader infrastructure demand across CPUs, storage, and networking

    60% confidence
  • Vendors that can expand in a more targeted and efficient way will be best positioned to lead in the next phase of competition

    60% confidence
  • AWS expects capital expenditure to reach US$200 billion in 2026, more than 50% above the nearly US$132 billion recorded in 2025

    60% confidence
  • AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud all reported backlog growth, pointing to sustained demand and continued enterprise investment in AI and cloud infrastructure

    60% confidence
  • Competitive differentiation will be increasingly shaped by infrastructure scale, capital efficiency and the strength of AI agent-related platform capabilities

    60% confidence
  • Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to between US$175 billion and US$185 billion, more than double the prior year's level

    60% confidence
  • For cloud vendors, the challenge is no longer just about scaling capacity quickly enough to meet surging demand, but about doing so with discipline across investment pace, resource allocation, and global operational efficiency

    60% confidence
  • Global spending on cloud infrastructure services reached US$110.9 billion in Q4 2025, reflecting year-on-year growth of 29%

    60% confidence
  • Growth accelerated from the previous quarter, marking the sixth consecutive quarter in which the market expanded by more than 20%

    60% confidence
  • Global cloud infrastructure services spending will grow by 27% in 2026

    60% confidence

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Amazon Web Services · capex132 USD
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