Exploring Trends and Attitudes to Powering the Data Center in 2025

According to Goldman Sachs, data center power consumption is projected to increase by 50% by 2027 and could rise by up to 165% by 2030. This rapid growth is pushing the industry to secure and scale reliable, efficient power solutions quickly. With the increasing prevalence of generative AI, machine learning, and high-density workloads, maintaining power availability while ensuring resilience, quality, and control has become an urgent challenge.

This survey report, sponsored by Raritan and Server Technology, highlights how the data center sector is addressing mission-critical power requirements in 2025. It examines primary challenges, levels of adoption and attitudes toward emerging solutions, and how businesses plan to adapt and invest in strategies and the tools to meet growing power demands.

Key Insights

• The top priorities and concerns regarding power management in 2025
• How AI-driven workloads are influencing rack-level power strategies
• Emerging trends in power density, distribution, and infrastructure readiness
• Techniques operators are employing to monitor power quality and detect faults
• Perspectives on liquid cooling, grid support and automation