Virtualization is poised to help crowd out physical servers in Europe in 2009 according to IDC. iTWire reports:

According to IDC the number of server systems shipped with a virtualization platform reached 358,000 units in 2008 and, it says, “the accelerated adoption on the x86 side of the server market is making virtualization a crucial factor, changing the approach of suppliers and the deployment habits of customers throughout Europe.”

Source: iTWire