Part of IDC's annual FutureScape research series, this report projects enterprise AI moving from isolated pilots to orchestrated, agentic deployment at scale, with global AI IT spending forecast to grow at roughly a 32 percent five-year compound annual growth rate. It's one of the most widely referenced market-sizing reports for enterprise AI infrastructure investment planning.
The full report sits behind IDC's subscription research portal, though summary findings are regularly cited in press coverage and vendor market-positioning materials throughout the year following its release.