A latest international survey by Recon Analytics, commissioned by Seagate Know-how, paints an attention-grabbing image of the way forward for AI and information storage.
Enterprise leaders from 15 industries in 10 international locations are bracing for an explosion of knowledge as AI adoption grows, with many anticipating cloud-based storage forming the centre of knowledge repositories sooner or later.
Why cloud storage? It’s cost-effective, particularly with arduous drives providing scalability at aggressive terabyte-per-dollar efficiencies. IDC estimates that 89% of knowledge saved by main cloud service suppliers is stored on arduous drives.
In line with the survey, virtually two-thirds (61%) of firms utilizing cloud as their major storage methodology anticipate their cloud storage must greater than double within the subsequent three years. Singapore companies, whereas barely extra conservative, additionally challenge important development, with 53% anticipating related storage expansions.
Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst of Recon Analytics, summed it up properly: “The survey outcomes usually level to a coming surge in demand for information storage, with arduous drives rising because the clear winner. When you think about that the enterprise leaders we surveyed intend to retailer extra of this AI-driven information within the cloud, it seems that cloud providers are well-positioned to trip a second development wave.”
Some key takeaways
- AI adoption is widespread however varies by area – 62% of Singapore companies say they use AI at the moment, in comparison with 72% globally.
- Amongst cloud storage customers, 53% in Singapore predict a 100%+ development in storage wants over the subsequent three years, barely trailing the worldwide common of 61%.
- Globally, storage is the second most essential part for AI infrastructure, coming in simply behind safety. The total rating contains: Safety, storage, information administration, community capability, compute, rules, LLM viability, and power.
- Retaining information for longer is seen as essential for higher AI outcomes – 85% of Singapore companies and 90% globally agree.
- Reliable AI is a precedence, with 88% of AI customers recognising the necessity to retailer extra information for prolonged durations to attain it.
The findings spotlight a development: organisations are holding onto their information for longer to make sure it’s dependable sufficient for coaching AI fashions. Correct outcomes and higher outcomes rely on this, and it’s fueling the necessity for progressive storage options.
BS Teh, Seagate’s chief business officer, weighed in: “Reliable AI is basically the important thing to enabling mainstream adoption of AI. With the overwhelming majority of survey respondents saying they should retailer information for longer durations of time to enhance high quality outcomes of AI, we’re centered on [the] actual density innovation wanted to extend storage capability for every platter in our HAMR-based arduous drives. We have now a transparent pathway to greater than double per-platter storage capability over the subsequent few years.”
As AI continues to evolve, one factor is obvious: companies will want smarter, extra environment friendly methods to retailer the big quantities of knowledge it brings.
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