Modular UPS Market Will Reach $1.3bn in 2021

Over the past decade, data centres have typically relied on standalone tower UPS systems, which are often overprovisioned to provide N+1 redundancy and accommodate future growth. As data centres continue to expand, installing oversized conventional UPS systems that remain underutilised can result in significant waste. This is one of the key reasons behind the growing demand for modular UPS systems.

The flexible power management, redundancy configurations and ECO mode of modular UPS systems enable users to achieve both economic and environmental benefits. Modular UPS systems offer higher efficiency by allowing capacity to be sized closer to the optimal power requirement. Additional power modules and batteries can be installed to support increased capacity and longer backup runtimes. Their modular architecture and hot-swappable design also help reduce operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Omdia Forecasts Continued Growth in the Modular UPS Market

According to Omdia, a leading technology research firm, modular UPS revenue grew by 9.5% to reach $1.1 billion in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for modular UPS systems was expected to remain strong in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Growth in the modular UPS market has been driven by strong demand for hyperscale data centres, cloud services and large colocation facilities. Omdia forecast that the global modular UPS market would reach $1.3 billion in 2021, representing a 15.8% increase compared with 2020.