# Media and Entertainment Data Center Market > Media and Entertainment Data Center Market: USD 13.08 billion in 2026, USD 27.57 billion by 2035, 8.99% CAGR from 2025, led by game servers and AI. Publisher: DC Market Insights Author: Amit Jain, DC Market Insights Published: 2026-10-29 Last updated: 2026-10-29 Next review: Apr 2027 Page: https://www.dcmarketinsights.com/report/media-and-entertainment-data-center-market ## Key takeaways - Roblox Doubles Peak Players and Adds USD 186.3 Million of Infrastructure Cost - Spotify, Weta FX and Netflix Show the All-Cloud Model - Broadcast Viewing Falls 4% a Year in the UK - GPU Rendering and Virtual Production **Frequently Asked Questions** **What is the size of the Media and Entertainment Data Center Market in 2026?** USD 13.08 billion in 2026, up 12.14% from USD 11.66 billion in 2025, according to DC Market Insights estimates. The market is projected to reach USD 27.57 billion by 2035, a CAGR of 8.99% from 2025. **How fast is the media and entertainment data center market growing?** 8.99% a year from 2025 to 2035, after 9.23% a year from 2020 to 2025, as media IT load in use rises from 2,300 MW to 4,450 MW and GPU capacity climbs from 7% to 26% of it. **What is a media and entertainment data center?** USD 11.66 billion in 2025 was spent on capacity that streamers, broadcasters, studios, game companies, music services and publishers own, colocate or rent from cloud providers for their own services: delivery caches, game servers, render farms, playout and AI. Social and search platforms are not counted. **Do streaming companies own their data centers?** 49.7% of 2025 media spending, USD 5.79 billion, goes to public cloud. Netflix runs the vast majority of its computing on AWS but owns 18,000 Open Connect cache servers, and Spotify closed its last data centers in 2018. **How many servers does Roblox run?** 150,000+ servers in 25 regional data centers at the end of 2025, according to its 10-K, with 24 edge sites running game servers. Roblox spent USD 441.0 million on property and equipment in 2025, up from USD 179.6 million. **Which media and entertainment data center segment grows fastest?** AI and recommendation grows fastest at 19.98% a year to USD 10.73 billion by 2035; among end users, film and TV production and VFX leads at 11.88%, and cloud infrastructure services lead components at 10.44%. **Which region leads the media and entertainment data center market?** North America, with USD 4.55 billion or 39.0% of 2025 value. Asia Pacific grows fastest at 10.99% a year, and India is the fastest large country at 14.70%. **How much does a media company spend per MW of data center capacity?** USD 5.07 million per MW in use in 2025, DC Market Insights estimates. Conventional cloud capacity costs about USD 500 per kW-month and GPU capacity USD 1,250, against USD 190 for colocation. **Which rules affect where media companies run their computing?** 12 September 2025 is when the EU Data Act began to apply, and cloud switching charges end from January 2027. EU data centers of 500 kW and more report energy data each year under Regulation 2024/1364. **Why do Media and Entertainment Data Center Market estimates differ?** USD 13.08 billion in 2026 counts only media companies' own computing. Estimates that add the video fleets of social and search platforms, CDN capacity sold to all industries, or broadcast equipment come out several times larger. ## Dataset | Series | Value | Unit | | --- | --- | --- | | Market size 2025 | 11,660 | USD million | | Revenue CAGR | 8.99 | % | | Market size 2035 | 27,570 | USD million | ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the size of the Media and Entertainment Data Center Market in 2026? USD 13.08 billion in 2026, up 12.14% from USD 11.66 billion in 2025, according to DC Market Insights estimates. The market is projected to reach USD 27.57 billion by 2035, a CAGR of 8.99% from 2025. ### How fast is the media and entertainment data center market growing? 8.99% a year from 2025 to 2035, after 9.23% a year from 2020 to 2025, as media IT load in use rises from 2,300 MW to 4,450 MW and GPU capacity climbs from 7% to 26% of it. ### What is a media and entertainment data center? USD 11.66 billion in 2025 was spent on capacity that streamers, broadcasters, studios, game companies, music services and publishers own, colocate or rent from cloud providers for their own services: delivery caches, game servers, render farms, playout and AI. Social and search platforms are not counted. ### Do streaming companies own their data centers? 49.7% of 2025 media spending, USD 5.79 billion, goes to public cloud. Netflix runs the vast majority of its computing on AWS but owns 18,000 Open Connect cache servers, and Spotify closed its last data centers in 2018. ### How many servers does Roblox run? 150,000+ servers in 25 regional data centers at the end of 2025, according to its 10-K, with 24 edge sites running game servers. Roblox spent USD 441.0 million on property and equipment in 2025, up from USD 179.6 million. ### Which media and entertainment data center segment grows fastest? AI and recommendation grows fastest at 19.98% a year to USD 10.73 billion by 2035; among end users, film and TV production and VFX leads at 11.88%, and cloud infrastructure services lead components at 10.44%. ### Which region leads the media and entertainment data center market? North America, with USD 4.55 billion or 39.0% of 2025 value. Asia Pacific grows fastest at 10.99% a year, and India is the fastest large country at 14.70%. ### How much does a media company spend per MW of data center capacity? USD 5.07 million per MW in use in 2025, DC Market Insights estimates. Conventional cloud capacity costs about USD 500 per kW-month and GPU capacity USD 1,250, against USD 190 for colocation. ### Which rules affect where media companies run their computing? 12 September 2025 is when the EU Data Act began to apply, and cloud switching charges end from January 2027. EU data centers of 500 kW and more report energy data each year under Regulation 2024/1364. ### Why do Media and Entertainment Data Center Market estimates differ? USD 13.08 billion in 2026 counts only media companies' own computing. Estimates that add the video fleets of social and search platforms, CDN capacity sold to all industries, or broadcast equipment come out several times larger. ## How to cite Data Center Market Research & Consulting | DC Market Insights, "Media and Entertainment Data Center Market", updated 2026-10-29, https://www.dcmarketinsights.com/report/media-and-entertainment-data-center-market