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AI ADOPTION ACCELERATES ACROSS APAC YET STRATEGIC DATA MANAGEMENT REMAINS KEY
Digital Realty , one of the largest global providers of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre , colocation , and interconnection solutions , has released the APAC findings of its 2024 Global Data Insights Survey , highlighting a significant surge in Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) adoption among enterprises in the region .
The report is aimed at gaining insights into how enterprises are creating business strategies and redesigning legacy IT infrastructures to support their AI ambitions and goals .
The survey of 2,000 IT leaders across 21 countries including Australia , India , Japan , Hong Kong , Singapore and South Korea found that although many enterprises in Singapore ( 46 %), South Korea ( 66 %) and Hong Kong ( 45 %) rate themselves as mature in AI adoption , only a quarter of enterprises in the region consider their current AI use to be transformative . This suggests a strong need for greater investment in digital infrastructure to unlock AI ' s full potential .
IT leaders across APAC acknowledge the essential role of strategic data management in effectively unlocking the full value of AI . The survey revealed that 65 % of companies in the region are actively executing a formal data strategy for their current or planned IT locations , with 77 % of companies adopting a distributed data approach to tackle data gravity challenges .
Almost three-quarters ( 72 %) of enterprises are incorporating data location strategies into their AI plans , allowing them to place high-density storage and processing capacity in key locations to maximise AI ' s performance .
Additionally , 56 % plan to expand their infrastructure in one to five more locations within the next two years . This expansion will enable adherence to data sovereignty regulations and allow them to scale AI workloads crucial for their future digital infrastructure plans .
To achieve data and AI success , IT leaders in APAC emphasise the need for data centre providers to enable secure data exchange between users , networks , clouds and IT providers on a single data centre platform . Key requirements they shared include :
• Infrastructure capable of managing AI ' s power and energy demands for data storage , processing , and hosting ( 51 %)
• Proximity of high-performing AI workloads to data and users ( 46 %)
• Compliance with AI and data privacy regulations ( 45 %)
Sustainability is also a top priority with 59 % of respondents stating that their sustainability goals are the most important factor impacting AI strategy . �
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