IDC Reveals Top Asia/Pacific Digital Infrastructure Predictions
SINGAPORE, 20 March 2025 – By 2027, 75% of enterprise AI workloads will be deployed on hybrid fit-for-purpose infrastructure to turbocharge time to value while optimizing performance, cost, and compliance, according to the IDC report, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Infrastructure 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications .
As enterprises transition from AI proofs-of-concept to production environments, modernizing core IT infrastructure has emerged as the top IT priority over the next 18 months. The future digital infrastructure fabric will be hybrid, spanning public and private clouds, non-cloud IT, and edge environments—each supporting a mix of AI models driving business value.
“IDC’s research suggests C-suite buyers worldwide are most concerned about the cost, complexity, and potential risks associated with deploying AI workloads. Addressing these concerns boils down to making better decisions about their AI-ready infrastructure choices, and deployment and consumption models for this infrastructure,” says Pushkaraksh Shanbhag, associate director, Digital Infrastructure Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.
IDC’s report highlights key digital infrastructure trends through 2030. Each prediction is assessed based on its impact (a mix of cost and complexity to address) and time frame to the expected stated adoption level. This study also highlights IT impact and guidance for technology buyers for each prediction statement.
The following predictions highlight key trends that will shape enterprise decision-making around their AI-ready digital infrastructure adoption:
GenAI and IT Ops Optimization: In 2027, GenAI and analytics deployments for IT Operations use cases will increase team/individual productivity by 20%, leading to $1 billion of economic and new business value.
Inferencing at the Edge: By 2028, in response to the growth of GenAI inferencing workloads, 30% of A2000 in APeJ supersize edge IT by doubling spend on remote compute, storage, and networking resources.
Hardware-enabled Infrastructure Security: By 2029, 100% of the Asia-based top 2000 organizations will mandate hardware enabled zero trust security in the infrastructure stack as a first line of defense against cyberattacks, increasing IT staff productivity by 5x.
Each year, IDC releases its top technology predictions at worldwide, regional and country levels through its IDC FutureScape Reports and offers strategic and data-driven insights into what is ahead for the rapidly changing IT industry. These predictions have been used to shape the strategies and business objectives of technology leaders and business executives in the next 1-5 years. All the predictions stated here cover Asia/Pacific implications.
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For more information about IDC FutureScape and other resources, please visit our regional FutureScape site. For sales inquiries on the IDC FutureScape framework and reports, please contact your IDC account manager or Tessa Rago at trago@idc.com. For media queries, please contact Michael de la Cruz at mdelacruz@idc.com or Miguel Carreon m carreon@idc.com.
*Asia/Pacific excluding Japan
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