Predictions for 2025

RFG Perspective: 2025 will be a year of optimism and hope that the destruction that the world has endured through 2024 is ending – domestically, economically, financially, and geopolitically. Inflation is abating, but prices and interest rates will remain higher than desired, and the potential for no-growth or business contraction remains a possibility domestically and internationally. The incoming Trump administration is committing to bring an end to war in Ukraine and the Israeli-Gaza war, and alleviate the concerns for a China-Taiwan war and/or siege. It is likely that its success may take much longer than anticipated. The Middle East is in flux – with the expectation that Iran (and its remaining allies) will fall.

Additionally, we remain in the age of scarcity, which will continue to affect data center systems, various components, and the energy to power it all. The traditional assumptions that were true prior to COVID-19 – such as cheap capital, unconstrained growth, low-cost energy, reliable power sources, unrestricted water supplies, rapid access to new equipment, just-in-time delivery, and an economy where products are disposable and replaceable easily – is totally a thing of the past.

RFG 2025 Predictions