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Cloud Investments Not Keeping Up With AI

Only 14% of enterprises are actually using cloud for mission-critical work. AI adoption is outpacing infrastructure readiness.

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Why it matters

As AI workloads scale, enterprises are discovering that legacy cloud strategies and underutilized infrastructure are bottlenecks. This gap between AI demand and cloud maturity is forcing leadership to rethink capex and architecture decisions.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. Only 14% of organizations fully leveraging cloud in key business processes

  2. Cloud infrastructure has existed for 20+ years but adoption lag persists

  3. AI scaling outpacing cloud infrastructure readiness — emerging as strategic friction point for enterprises

  4. Cloud infrastructure has existed for 20+ years but adoption remains fragmented

  5. Cloud investment gaps may constrain AI deployment velocity

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Publisher excerpt: Cloud has been on the scene for more than two decades now. However, just 14% of organizations are fully leveraging cloud within their key business processes,
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