International. According to a recent study of the HVAC market, the sales volume of data center air conditioning systems in the last quarter of 2012 reached 84,000 units, for an 18% year-over-year growth.
The study indicates that the domestic economy bottomed out in the third quarter of 2012 and showed signs of recovery in the fourth quarter. There were increasing demands on data center air conditioners.
With increased investment in the communications, healthcare, and finance industries, the market showed increasing demands on data center air conditioners in the fourth quarter.
These figures are in line with the growth of this class of industries. The Internet market continues to grow at an incalculable rate due to the high demand from society, governments and businesses. More than 30% of the world's population, which reached 7 billion last year, are said to be Internet users. Smartphone users will rise from 500 million in 2011 to 2 billion by 2015.
