This IDC study - the first of its kind to be published by IDC - categorizes the market for datacenter facilities based on datacenter facility types and operator and buyer personas. As with all taxonomy documents, this taxonomy will be continually revised and edited to ensure its applicability to market offerings."This inaugural IDC datacenter taxonomy provides the definitions and segmentations used by IDC analysts to track the global datacenter facilities and operations footprint and its impact on the world's economy," said Olga Yashkova, research manager, Enterprise Workloads and Datacenter research at IDC. "The document serves as a guideline for users to better understand IDC's datacenter research and provides a standardized framework for defining and metrics for tracking this foundational market."
IDC's Worldwide Datacenter Infrastructure and Services Taxonomy
Datacenter Infrastructure and Services Taxonomy Changes for 2025
Taxonomy Overview
Hierarchical Mapping: Datacenter Infrastructure and Services Primary/Secondary Markets
Definitions
Top-Level Datacenter Segmentation
Datacenter Facilities
Enabling Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure
Personas
Datacenter Owner/Operator Segments
Facility Ownership
Services Model
Operator Category
Datacenter IT Infrastructure Owner/Operator Segments