The report highlights how AI adoption is reshaping data center operations through predictive automation, real-time optimization, and autonomous models. It also examines how AI workloads are driving ultra-dense, liquid-cooled architectures with modular power and high-speed fabrics to support GPU clusters. Key challenges such as security, observability, and capacity planning are addressed alongside rising sustainability imperatives, including energy efficiency and carbon reduction, based on Avasant’s assessment.
AI is reshaping how data centers operate by driving automation and improving operational efficiency, and at the same time, it is encouraging businesses to build facilities that can accommodate AI’s high compute demands. The report explores how enterprises are adopting ultra-dense, liquid-cooled architectures, modular power systems, and high-speed fabrics to support GPU clusters. It also addresses rising sustainability imperatives, including energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction. Finally, it offers insights into these trends and challenges based on Avasant’s assessment.
The Data Center Managed Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™ aids enterprises in identifying important market trends and challenges for any data center management project that they take part in.
The industry insights presented in this report are based on our ongoing interactions with enterprise CXOs and other key executives; targeted discussions with service providers, subject matter experts, and Avasant Fellows; and lessons learned from consulting engagements.
About the report (Page 3)
Key reports of Avasant’s data center managed services research (Page 4)
Executive summary (Pages 5–8)
State of the market (Pages 9–13)
Future outlook (Pages 14–15)
Key contacts (Pages 16)
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