The 8 Themes That Will Shape the Data Center Industry in 2024, Part 2

The Data Center Frontier Show

This month on the Data Center Frontier Show podcast, we read down site founder and Editor at Large Rich Miller's annual data center industry trends forecast.

Since our industry coverage at DCF throughout the year will frequently refer back to this forecast, we've decided to enumerate all eight themes throughout several podcast episodes this month.

Today's read looks at how pricing for AI capacity will probably only continue to trend higher, and how data center supply chain relationships will matter more than ever in 2024. We also examine how more momentum for modular data centers' prefabricated IT ethos should take hold in the coming year.

"Artificial intelligence is hot," writes Miller. "So hot that the AI boom is creating a resource-constrained world, driving stupendous demand for GPUs, data centers and AI expertise. All three are likely to be in short supply, but none so much as wholesale data center space. This is the trend that dominates our annual forecast."

For this episode, we read down the article's themes 3 through 5:

3. Pricing for AI Capacity Will Continue Higher
4. Supply Chain: Relationships Matter More Than Ever
5. More Momentum for Modular

Read the full forecast: The Eight Themes That Will Shape the Data Center Industry in 2024