(Telecompaper) Cloud IT infrastructure revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grew by 17.6 percent on year to USD 1.3 billion in the first quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The cloud-related share of total EMEA infrastructure expenditure on server, disk storage, and Ethernet switch grew by 4 percentage points compared with last year to more than 25.1 percent. In terms of storage capacity, cloud represented around 29.9 percent of total EMEA capacity, with a 6.1 percent decline over the same period a year before.