Amazon and Microsoft are the Data Center Czars 🤖

What We’re Showing

A chart showing major tech companies and the number of their data centers. Third-party estimates have been used for Apple and AWS.

What is a Data Center?

A facility housing computer systems and components for data processing, storage, and communication. They are critical for modern business operations and digital services, including cloud computing, e-commerce, social media, and big data analytics.

Key Takeaways

• Cloud computing giants—Microsoft and Amazon—have data centers in the triple-digits to accommodate their customers' burgeoning business demands. However, there’s no one standard of how big a data center needs to be, so quantity doesn’t automatically translate into greater capacity. 
• According to Statista, AWS still maintains the biggest market share in the cloud computing segment (31%) even as Microsoft Azure edges ever closer (25%).
• Unlike the digital world where Big Tech dominates, there are a number of players in the data center space. One example is Digital Realty, which would rank alongside Microsoft with 300+ data centers.