Gartner, a publicly owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 1979 and employs approximately 20,440 individuals. The company specializes in information services, functioning as a market research provider with a focus on market sizing and advisory.
On July 10, 2026, Gartner released its 2026 Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Infrastructure report, naming Huawei Cloud as a Leader in the global cloud AI infrastructure market. Earlier the same day, Gartner recognized Sprout Social as a Visionary in its inaugural 2026 Magic Quadrant for Social Media Management and Listening. The firm also forecasted global data center electricity consumption would increase by 26% in 2026 to 565 terawatt-hours, up from 447 TWh in 2025, predicting AI servers will consume more energy than all standard data center hardware combined by 2027 and identifying power availability as a binding constraint on AI expansion. This followed Gartner naming CoreWeave Inc. as a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Infrastructure.
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