# Manufacturing Data Center Market > Manufacturing Data Center Market: USD 23.29 billion in 2026, USD 48.79 billion by 2035, an 8.76% CAGR from 2025, as chip and car makers build AI factories. Publisher: DC Market Insights Author: Amit Jain, DC Market Insights Published: 2026-10-26 Last updated: 2026-10-26 Next review: Apr 2027 Page: https://www.dcmarketinsights.com/report/manufacturing-data-center-market ## Key takeaways - Korea's 150,000-GPU AI Factories at Samsung, SK and Hyundai - Shared Industrial AI Clouds in Munich and Taipei - EU Energy Reporting Reaches In-House Halls Above 500 kW - Plant Edge and Micro Data Centers for Vision Inspection and Digital Twins **Frequently Asked Questions** **What is the size of the Manufacturing Data Center Market in 2026?** USD 23.29 billion in 2026, up 10.59% from USD 21.06 billion in 2025, according to DC Market Insights estimates. The market is projected to reach USD 48.79 billion by 2035, a CAGR of 8.76% from 2025. **How fast is the manufacturing data center market growing?** 8.76% a year from 2025 to 2035, after 7.56% a year from 2020 to 2025, as manufacturing IT load in use rises from 5,200 MW to 9,600 MW and the AI rack share climbs from 6% to 26%. **Which manufacturers are building their own AI factories?** Samsung Electronics, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group each announced about 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs in October 2025; Foxconn is building a 10,000-GPU center and Eli Lilly runs a 1,016-GPU cluster. DC Market Insights tracks 171,216 GPUs across 8 projects. **Why do manufacturers keep data centers on site?** Ransomware and machine-data rules: manufacturing drew 25.2% of claimed ransomware deployments in the EU in 2025 (ENISA), and the EU Data Act applies from 12 September 2025. Corporate sites still hold 54.0% of 2025 spending. **What is a plant edge or micro data center?** A sealed rack-scale room on the factory floor that runs vision inspection, robot control and digital twins next to the line. Plant edge and micro data centers grow 11.33% a year to USD 11.71 billion by 2035. **Which segment of the manufacturing data center market grows fastest?** Industrial AI training and inference grows fastest at 18.88% a year to USD 16.45 billion by 2035; among deployment models, colocation and hosted private cloud leads at 13.40%. **Which industry spends most on data centers in manufacturing?** Electronics and semiconductors, with USD 5.06 billion or 24.0% of 2025 spending, growing 10.45% a year; automotive and transportation equipment follows at USD 4.21 billion. **Which region leads the manufacturing data center market?** Asia Pacific, with USD 8.00 billion or 38.0% of 2025 value, and it is also the fastest region at 10.29% a year. The United States is the largest country at USD 5.58 billion; India grows fastest at 14.46%. **Who are the main suppliers in the manufacturing data center market?** Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo lead servers, holding with two others about 48% of 2025 IT hardware spending (DC Market Insights estimate); Schneider Electric, Vertiv, Eaton, ABB and Rittal lead power, cooling and enclosures. **Why do manufacturing data center market estimates differ?** USD 23.29 billion in 2026 counts only data center capacity manufacturers own or lease. Estimates that add public cloud fees, MES and ERP software, shop-floor OT equipment or electricity come out larger. ## Dataset | Series | Value | Unit | | --- | --- | --- | | Market size 2025 | 21,060 | USD million | | Revenue CAGR | 8.76 | % | | Market size 2035 | 48,790 | USD million | ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the size of the Manufacturing Data Center Market in 2026? USD 23.29 billion in 2026, up 10.59% from USD 21.06 billion in 2025, according to DC Market Insights estimates. The market is projected to reach USD 48.79 billion by 2035, a CAGR of 8.76% from 2025. ### How fast is the manufacturing data center market growing? 8.76% a year from 2025 to 2035, after 7.56% a year from 2020 to 2025, as manufacturing IT load in use rises from 5,200 MW to 9,600 MW and the AI rack share climbs from 6% to 26%. ### Which manufacturers are building their own AI factories? Samsung Electronics, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group each announced about 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs in October 2025; Foxconn is building a 10,000-GPU center and Eli Lilly runs a 1,016-GPU cluster. DC Market Insights tracks 171,216 GPUs across 8 projects. ### Why do manufacturers keep data centers on site? Ransomware and machine-data rules: manufacturing drew 25.2% of claimed ransomware deployments in the EU in 2025 (ENISA), and the EU Data Act applies from 12 September 2025. Corporate sites still hold 54.0% of 2025 spending. ### What is a plant edge or micro data center? A sealed rack-scale room on the factory floor that runs vision inspection, robot control and digital twins next to the line. Plant edge and micro data centers grow 11.33% a year to USD 11.71 billion by 2035. ### Which segment of the manufacturing data center market grows fastest? Industrial AI training and inference grows fastest at 18.88% a year to USD 16.45 billion by 2035; among deployment models, colocation and hosted private cloud leads at 13.40%. ### Which industry spends most on data centers in manufacturing? Electronics and semiconductors, with USD 5.06 billion or 24.0% of 2025 spending, growing 10.45% a year; automotive and transportation equipment follows at USD 4.21 billion. ### Which region leads the manufacturing data center market? Asia Pacific, with USD 8.00 billion or 38.0% of 2025 value, and it is also the fastest region at 10.29% a year. The United States is the largest country at USD 5.58 billion; India grows fastest at 14.46%. ### Who are the main suppliers in the manufacturing data center market? Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo lead servers, holding with two others about 48% of 2025 IT hardware spending (DC Market Insights estimate); Schneider Electric, Vertiv, Eaton, ABB and Rittal lead power, cooling and enclosures. ### Why do manufacturing data center market estimates differ? USD 23.29 billion in 2026 counts only data center capacity manufacturers own or lease. Estimates that add public cloud fees, MES and ERP software, shop-floor OT equipment or electricity come out larger. ## How to cite Data Center Market Research & Consulting | DC Market Insights, "Manufacturing Data Center Market", updated 2026-10-26, https://www.dcmarketinsights.com/report/manufacturing-data-center-market