The Personal Electronics Perfect Storm: Components Shortage, Tariffs and Energy Shock

What happens when several market pressures start hitting personal electronics at once?

Outman explores why 2026 is becoming a genuine stress test for the industry.

This is no longer just a supply-chain story. It is the combination of sharply rising memory costs, tighter processor availability, AI data-centre demand absorbing more high-value components, tariff uncertainty, and renewed energy volatility linked to the Strait of Hormuz.

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Sustainability in Data Centres: The Toughest Hurdle Yet

As energy regulations tighten and resource pressures grow, data centres are under intense pressure to shift toward more sustainable models.

Across Europe, forward-thinking projects are proving that new designs and smart upgrades can dramatically cut emissions.

Outman analyses the latest innovation for sustainable data centres highlighting the most innovative European startups deisnging solutions to boost efficiency, cut energy use, and future-proof operations across the industry.

Solutions analysed include data centre cooling, AI optimization, retrofitting and refurbishing.

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The Spanish AI-Driven Medtech Market

The global MedTech funding is forecast to drop severely in 2023 to approximately $30 billion (-54% YoY) mainly as a consequence of macroeconomic factors, above all the rise in interest rates. Nevertheless a strong rebound is expected for 2024. Outman estimates $44.8 billion of total funding for 2024, indicating a 49% YoY growth. Spain is an increasingly dynamic market for AI-Driven MedTech ventures and is set to further develop in 2024.

Outman interviewed a selection of Spanish AI-driven MedTech startups that are reshaping healthcare operations through breakthrough advancements and should be on the radar of venture capitalists. This report captures key trends, investment opportunities, drivers, and challenges.

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Southern European Digital Payments Snapshot

According to the European Central Bank, in 2019 Spain and Italy were two of the Eurozone countries most fond of cash, with notes and coins accounting for 83% and 82% respectively of all instore transactions. By contrast, in the Netherlands or Finland, this percentage was less than 35%.

In January 2021, Outman Consulting carried out a survey of 2,000 Italian and Spanish consumers. This study confirms the marked preference for cash payments in the largest economies in Southern Europe: 78% of respondents said that, prior to the pandemic, cash was their preferred way to pay for purchases under 10 euros.

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India’s Digital Investment Revolution

India is in the middle of an unprecedented shift to mobile-based financial services. Investment is booming, with a new generation of start-ups serving a vast and previously untapped market.

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European E-Commerce review 2019

Our annual European E-Commerce review, covering the major developments of the year, brand share changes and market forecasts.

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Fintech Africa 2018

Though soaring Bitcoin prices have captured the headlines, it is in Africa where blockchain technology is starting to show its real potential. From immutable land registries to mobile payments, blockchain has the capacity to transform African economies and finally bring financial services to the millions excluded from traditional banking.

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