Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 7.9 Percent to Reach $5.43 Trillion in 2025: Gartner
According to the latest forecast by Gartner,
worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5.43 trillion in 2025, an increase
of 7.9 percent from 2024.
"While there is a business pause on net-new spending due
to a spike in global uncertainty, the effect is subsumed by ongoing AI and
generative AI (GenAI) digitization initiatives," said John-David Lovelock,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner. "For instance, both software and
services spending growth in 2025 is expected to slow down due to this
'uncertainty pause', but spending in AI-related infrastructure, such as data
center systems, continues to surge."
"Data centers are experiencing a surge driven by GenAI,
with spending on AI optimized servers, which was virtually nonexistent in 2021,
expected to triple that of traditional servers by 2027," said Lovelock.
This aligns with a Gartner survey of 252 senior leaders
across various industries in North America and Western Europe with
enterprisewide revenue of $500 million or more from March to May of 2025, where
62 percent of respondents identified AI as defining the future of competition
for the next 10 years. Competitiveness is a primary reason why enterprises will
invest in technology and business change (64 percent) in an eroding environment.
"With GenAI sliding towards the trough of
disillusionment, more time and spending is being focused on delivered
functionality from incumbent software providers," said Lovelock.
"CIOs are looking towards more 'plug and play' simple use cases as they
are being sold GenAI functionality, but not necessarily buying the
functionality."
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