Huawei Named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Infrastructure Services Quadrant
Huawei has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services, according to a company announcement. Huawei says it is the only Chinese company among three providers identified as Leaders and the only non-North American provider in the quadrant.
- Huawei was placed in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s 2026 report.
- The company says it is the only Chinese and non-North American provider in the quadrant.
- Huawei DCS integrates storage, computing, networking, virtualization, data, AI and management.
- DCS has been selected by more than 15,000 customers in over 170 countries and regions.
Recognition for Huawei’s infrastructure platform
Gartner’s report evaluates providers based on their infrastructure platform capabilities, service-oriented delivery and operational management, according to Huawei’s announcement. The company says its placement recognizes an architecture that integrates storage, computing, networking, virtualization, data and AI, together with intelligent management functions.
Huawei describes the platform as the result of 18 years of technical expertise in data center solutions. The company says the integrated approach is designed to help organizations accelerate digital and intelligent transformation by bringing core infrastructure and AI-related capabilities into one environment.
DCS combines virtualization, AI and storage capabilities
Huawei’s DCS data center solution uses eSphere virtualization to pool storage, computing and networking resources and allocate them according to demand. The company says its ModelEngine model platform and Nexent agent platform help customers speed up the deployment of models and agent applications.
OceanStor storage is described as offering performance, reliability and scalability, with native support for block, file and object storage protocols. Huawei also highlights data protection features including an active-active configuration within the same city, disaster recovery at a remote site and layered protection against ransomware.
The unified iMaster DME management platform provides storage, computing and other resources as services. Huawei says this enables what it calls a new “AgenticOps” experience for customers, combining infrastructure delivery with centralized management.
A platform used across multiple industries
Huawei says DCS has been selected by more than 15,000 customers in over 170 countries and regions. Its deployments include public administration, finance, healthcare, manufacturing and telecommunications operators, according to the announcement.
The company says it will continue prioritizing customer needs and working with ecosystem partners. Huawei’s stated goals are to help organizations build efficient and reliable IT infrastructure, improve the service experience and increase operational efficiency.
For customers, the Gartner placement gives Huawei’s integrated infrastructure offering an external market reference while the company continues positioning DCS as a platform for both conventional data center resources and AI-related workloads. The announcement does not provide Gartner’s individual evaluation scores or comparative rankings beyond the Leaders Quadrant placement.
