The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 41.4% in 2021, to complete $90.9 billion, up from $64.3 billion in 2020, in keeping with Gartner. Amazon retained the No. 1 place within the IaaS market in 2021, adopted by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and Huawei.
“The IaaS market continues to develop unabated as cloud-native turns into the first structure for contemporary workloads,” stated Sid Nag, VP Analyst at Gartner. “Cloud helps the scalability and composability that superior applied sciences and purposes require, whereas additionally enabling enterprises to deal with rising wants akin to sovereignty, information integration and enhanced buyer expertise.”
In 2021, the highest 5 IaaS suppliers accounted for over 80% of the market. Amazon continued to guide the worldwide IaaS market with income of $35.4 billion in 2021 and 38.9% market share (see Desk 1).
Desk 1. Worldwide IaaS Public Cloud Companies Market Share, 2020-2021 (Thousands and thousands of U.S. {Dollars})
|
|
2021 Income |
2021 Market Share (%) |
2020 Income |
2020 Market Share (%) |
2020-2021 Progress (%) |
|
Amazon |
35,380 |
38.9 |
26,201 |
40.8 |
35.0 |
|
Microsoft |
19,153 |
21.1 |
12,659 |
19.7 |
51.3 |
|
Alibaba |
8,679 |
9.5 |
6,117 |
9.5 |
41.9 |
|
|
6,436 |
7.1 |
3,932 |
6.1 |
63.7 |
|
Huawei |
4,190 |
4.6 |
2,681 |
4.2 |
56.3 |
|
Others |
17,056 |
18.8 |
12,697 |
19.8 |
34.3 |
|
Complete |
90,894 |
100.0 |
64,286 |
100.0 |
41.4 |
Supply: Gartner (June 2022)
Microsoft adopted within the No. 2 place with 21.1% share and above-market development, reaching over $19 billion in IaaS income in 2021. With many organizations already counting on Microsoft’s enterprise software program and providers, Azure has been positioned to seize alternatives throughout almost each vertical market.
Alibaba was once more the No. 3 IaaS public cloud supplier worldwide with 9.5% market share and income of $8.7 billion for 2021. Whereas Alibaba continues to guide the Chinese language cloud market, it’s also poised to be the main regional supplier in Indonesia, Malaysia, and different rising cloud markets, given its native market understanding and talent to function a bridge to digital commerce.
“Regional cloud ecosystems are changing into more and more vital amidst rising geopolitical fragmentation and rising regulatory and compliance necessities, presenting a chance for suppliers with a robust regional presence,” stated Nag.
Google Cloud noticed the very best development price of the highest 5 IaaS distributors, rising 63.7% in 2021 to succeed in $6.4 billion in income. This development was pushed by steadily elevated adoption for conventional enterprise workloads in addition to Google’s innovation in additional cutting-edge capabilities akin to synthetic intelligence and Kubernetes container applied sciences, supported by an growth of their associate ecosystem to succeed in a wider buyer base.
Whereas Huawei’s development tempered in 2021 after two straight years of over 200% development, it nonetheless maintained the No. 5 market share place with $4.2 billion in income. Huawei has made vital investments in its IaaS ecosystem prior to now two years, and thru an enhanced technique of open {hardware}, open-source software program and associate enablement it has been in a position to present expanded choices for universities, builders and start-ups.
“The following section of IaaS development might be pushed by buyer expertise, digital outcomes and the virtual-first world,” stated Nag. “Rising applied sciences that may assist companies carry experiences nearer to their clients, such because the metaverse, chatbots and digital twins, would require hyperscale infrastructure to fulfill rising calls for for compute and storage energy.”
