Best of 2025: Gartner Forecasts 7.9% It Spending Boost Despite Enterprise Uncertainty
IT-Techstrong.IT, Monday, December 29th, 2025
Good news for the tech sector: worldwide IT spending will grow by a robust 7.9% in 2025, according to a mid-year forecast by Gartner. Yet the Gartner report includes statistics that reveal significant uncertainty even as the headline is positive.
Put in dollar terms, worldwide IT spending is expected to hit $5.43 trillion in 2025. The biggest winner is data center systems, a category that Gartner expects will rake in the lion's share, $474.9 billion, for a remarkable 42.4% increase over 2024. Software, a perennial winner, is forecast to benefit from $1.23 trillion in spending, for a 10.5% increase.
Playing a lesser role in IT's growth in 2025 are expected increases in devices (5.4%), IT services (4.4%), and communication services (2.1%).