“The Hottest Data Center Companies of 2025 isn’t just an expression to describe the financial direction of the data center market,” say the editors in CRN Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies of 2025.
The data center market enjoyed record, double-digit growth last year. The data center opportunity continues to grow even in the face of an uncertain trade environment, but sustainability is increasingly a hot topic as organizations continue to advance and mature their AI strategies.
Hitachi Vantara: At The Convergence of Data Center Sustainability and AI
Hitachi Vantara, named to the CRN Data Center 50, recognizes the challenge of responsibility meeting massive data center demand—and the opportunity that challenge presents for partners and customers.
“The convergence of sustainability and AI presents our largest market opportunity for 2025,” said Sheila Rohra, CEO of Hitachi Vantara, in CRN’s "CEO Outlook 2025" article. “With data centers projected to double their current 3% share of global power consumption by decade’s end, there’s a tremendous opportunity in retrofitting existing facilities rather than building new ones.”
Hitachi Vantara is committed to working with the channel to deliver AI-driven data infrastructure solutions that optimize organizations' hybrid cloud environments, protect their data and ensure cyber resiliency, increase operational efficiency, while accelerating business transformation, Rohra notes in the CRN Data Center 50 article.
She also highlights that Hitachi Vantara is applying its innovation and expertise in storage, infrastructure, data protection, and hybrid cloud solutions to reduce the data center’s environmental footprint while keeping reliability and operational efficiency top of mind.
The CRN article highlights Hitachi Vantara’s use of in-house analysis to reduce CO2 emissions and remodels existing facilities in order to minimize environmental impact. The company helped BMW migrate and modernize 12 data center sites in eight countries without disruption—and delivered a 70 percent smaller footprint and 80 percent less power consumption.
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CRN Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies of 2025
Hitachi Vantara’s profile in the CRN Data Center 50
Sheila Rohra’s profile in the CRN CEO Outlook 2025.
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