""AI is the headline of IT market performance in 2025, but most of the actual AI investment this year is concentrated in service provider infrastructure," said Stephen Minton, group vice-president at IDC. "This AI investment is partly supported by enterprise spending on core IT products and services, which make up the strong revenue streams of the service providers investing heavily in AI deployment," he added."
"With almost every organisation wanting to invest in AI, IDC forecasts that IT spending is set to reach $4.25tn this year, driven mainly by demand for IT infrastructure to support AI workloads. IDC's monthly Worldwide black book shows that this year's IT spending forecast was increased for a seventh consecutive month in November, which it said reflects continued over-performance and aggressive investments by service providers in AI infrastructure."
Global IT spending grew 14%, the largest increase in almost 30 years, propelled by a massive AI infrastructure investment wave. Demand for IT infrastructure supporting AI workloads is the main driver as organisations pursue AI deployments. IT spending is forecast to reach $4.25tn this year. Forecasts were raised for a seventh consecutive month, reflecting aggressive service provider investments in AI infrastructure and continued enterprise software spending tied to digital transformation and cloud migration. Software spending is expected to increase 14%, with AI deployments boosting investments in security, optimisation and analytics. Service provider datacentre infrastructure spending is projected to rise 86% in 2025, nearing $500bn.
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