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wiredInUSA - June 2016
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In its most recent world cabling overview
the market-intelligence firm BSRIA
concluded that the global cabling
market declined 3 percent during 2015, to
$6 billion. BSRIA commented: “The strong
dollar has reduced market values in 2015
in many countries, measured in US dollars,
and has therefore expanded the decline
to 3 percent.”
Russia and Brazil are identified as faring
particularlybadly last year. “Russia suffered
from sanctions and contra-sanctions, and
from low oil prices,” BSRIA said. “Projects
were postponed and fierce competition
pushed cabling specifications and prices
down.” Meanwhile, in Brazil: “Some
unusual large projects were completed in
2014 and early 2015, and the country is in
economic and political turmoil after some
years with significant growth.”
The China market grew, but at a rate of
2.3 percent in US dollars: “The data center
segment performed very well, but it was
not enough to boost the overall increase.”
The Indian market increased by over 7
percent in US dollars, and BSRIA said the
country is “expected to continue showing
healthy growth in the forecast period to
2018.”
Cabling products used in LANs account for
approximately 80 percent of total global
consumption, with data center cabling
products accounting for approximately
20 percent. BSRIA’s study tracks back to
2009; in that span of time, 2015 was only
the second time the data center segment
contracted rather than growing, falling by
slightly more than 2 percent last year.
According to BSRIA, fiber optic products
represent over two thirds of all cabling
installed in data centers, and the uptake
of fiber continues to increase. “Most of
the hyperscale data centers are 90 to 100
percent fiber, and bothmediumand large
data centers are seeing an increase in
use of fiber,” BSRIA said. “Copper cabling
continues to be installed in computer
rooms and small data centers, and
are more common in co-location data
centers.”
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