Gartner Survey Finds 54% Of Infrastructure & Operations Leaders Are Adopting AI To Cut Costs
Gartner, Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Fifty-four percent of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders said cost optimization is their top goal for adopting AI, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.
The survey was conducted online from May through July 2025 among 253 respondents from the U.S., U.K., India and Germany, to identify the key goals and challenges that heads of I&O face.
Expert Take:
'While AI is the top growth area for future I&O investment, integration difficulties (48% of respondents) and lack of budget (50% of respondents) were cited as top adoption challenges,' said Melanie Freeze, Research Director at Gartner.