Top Bare Metal Cloud Companies

The global bare metal cloud market is expanding rapidly, with a projected market size of USD 14.32 billion in 2025 to USD 36.71 billion by 2030, featuring a CAGR of 20.7%. The increasing demand for AI workloads is driving the need for low-latency computing, which supports real-time inference and speeds up training across distributed systems. Organizations emphasize customizable compute configurations that enable alignment of CPU, GPU, memory, and storage to their workloads without using virtualization.

High-performance computing demands for simulations and genomic sequencing are driving the need for efficient, scalable infrastructure. Security and compliance concerns are increasing the use of isolated environments, making bare metal cloud essential for next-gen digital transformation.

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Some of the major players in the bare metal cloud market include Oracle (US), AWS (US), IBM (US), Google (US), and Microsoft (US). These companies utilize and offer bare metal cloud services to innovate more quickly, adapt to evolving demands, and provide more innovative connected experiences. They use strategies such as product launches, deals, and expansions to sustain in the market.

In July 2025, Google Cloud introduced C4D-metal instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC Turin processors. These bare metal instances offer up to 384 vCPUs, 3 TB of DDR5 memory, and 200 Gbps Titanium networking. The enhancement targets compute-intensive, latency-sensitive enterprise workloads requiring high-performance IaaS without hypervisor overhead.

In April 2025, Amazon Web Services launched two new EC2 bare metal instances integrated with 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These instances deliver up to 40% higher compute performance and support 120 TB local NVMe storage. Available across the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, they target high-throughput and latency-sensitive enterprise workloads.

ORACLE

Oracle’s strategy in the bare metal cloud market centers on delivering uncompromised performance through sovereign, high-capacity infrastructure and ultra-low-latency compute environments designed for mission-critical workloads. Strengthening its global reach, the company announced a USD 6.5 billion investment in October 2024 to launch a new cloud region in Malaysia, reinforcing jurisdiction-specific hosting and stringent compliance capabilities. The company’s core competencies include end-to-end hardware-software integration, precision-engineered bare metal configurations for diverse enterprise workloads, and high-bandwidth, low-latency networking that supports rapid scaling and data-intensive operations.

A pivotal development was Oracle’s January 2025 entry into the Stargate joint venture with SoftBank, MGX, and other partners, committing advanced infrastructure to an initial USD 100 billion build-out with plans to reach USD 500 billion, enabling next-generation hyperscale data centers. The company advances vertical integration by tightly embedding its compute infrastructure with its proprietary databases and enterprise platforms, while horizontal integration through strategic multi-partner, multi-region deployments extends its market reach and operational flexibility.

AWS

AWS’s strategy in the bare metal cloud market is centered on delivering uncompromised performance, scalability, and compliance for enterprise workloads that require direct hardware access without virtualization overhead. In April 2025, Amazon will launch EC2 I7ie bare metal instances, which are designed to deliver up to 40% higher compute performance and 20% better price-to-performance compared to previous versions. These enhancements include ultra-dense NVMe storage, high-speed networking, and wide compatibility with advanced analytics, financial modeling, and industrial simulations.

AWS’s core competencies include its hyperscale global infrastructure, proprietary Nitro hardware for secure and isolated bare metal provisioning, and seamless integration with its extensive compute, storage, and networking ecosystem. Major investments reinforce the company’s market position, including USD 8.4 billion for the European Sovereign Cloud, USD 5 billion for the Thailand region, and USD 13 billion for Australian data centers, each aimed to meet stringent data residency and regulatory needs. AWS advances vertical integration by embedding bare metal within its broader service portfolio, while horizontal integration through multi-region deployments ensures consistent performance, compliance, and operational flexibility worldwide.

Market Ranking

In 2025, the bare metal cloud market remained intensely competitive, with Oracle, AWS, IBM, Microsoft, and Dell Technologies collectively accounting for approximately 48-52% of total market share. Oracle advanced its capabilities in June 2025 by releasing new OCI bare metal instance configurations offering up to 192 CPU cores, 2.3 terabytes of memory, and local NVMe storage in HighIO, DenseIO, and HPC variants. These were positioned for enterprises running database-heavy and compute-intensive workloads that require predictable high throughput. IBM Consulting followed in May 2025 by launching migration services that allow Oracle customers to move on-premises applications into Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization running on OCI bare-metal servers, creating a unified environment for hybrid cloud adoption.

AWS refined its EC2 bare-metal portfolio during mid-2025 by integrating performance optimization features that support demanding use cases such as AI inference pipelines and high-resolution video encoding, while maintaining consistency across the AWS ecosystem. Microsoft Azure reinforced its BareMetal Infrastructure in 2025 with certified environments for SAP HANA and large-scale HPC clusters, ensuring compliance for highly regulated sectors such as financial services and healthcare & life sciences. Dell Technologies complemented these moves through its partnership with Equinix, introducing Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal in May 2024, which extended into 2025 as a fully managed, cloud-adjacent storage-as-a-service platform delivering scalable all-flash performance near major public cloud regions. These developments illustrate how leading providers are using bare metal to address enterprise-grade workload requirements with security, scalability, and direct control.

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