AI infrastructure budgets set to triple as demand soars: Deloitte

Most enterprises are seeking a hybrid infrastructure model to support compute, increasing spending in the process.

Dive Brief:

• Soaring automation demand will triple AI infrastructure budgets for most enterprises, increasing investment and ownership in the physical infrastructure needed to power AI by 2028, according to a Deloitte report published last week. The company surveyed 515 U.S. enterprise companies in December for the report.
• Almost half of respondents said they have more than 30 AI pilots in the works. By 2028, Deloitte projects that nearly 70% of companies will be running that many AI proofs of concept.
• Respondents said they use a mix of closed, open, derivative and packaged SaaS models in their AI toolkit, with closed models leading slightly. There’s no clear direction on which model or mix of models will win out in the next few years, the report found.