State of infrastructure in the agentic AI era 2026

Agentic AI is a growing global priority. As workloads move from pilots to production, they are hitting a functional ceiling. Research shows 83% of organizations require infrastructure upgrades to support production-grade autonomous systems.

This second annual report draws on insights from 1,402 global IT leaders. Discover how innovative organizations are reimagining their architectural approach to scale AI with confidence.

Key findings include:

Governance: 4 out of 5 organizations cite security, governance, or MLOps as top challenges.

Hybrid multicloud: 52% of organizations use hybrid multicloud architecture.

Energy efficiency: 91% of leaders factor power consumption into hardware selection.