Survey: IT Infrastructure And Lack Of Skills Are Biggest Barriers To AI Adoption
Techstrong.ai, Friday, February 6th, 2026
A global survey of 505 data and analytics leaders finds that technological infrastructure (54%) and skills (51%) are the top two barriers to artificial intelligence (AI) adoption that organizations are encountering.
Conducted by LeBow College of Business at Drexel University in collaboration with Precisely, a provider of data management and integrity software, the survey identifies financial investment (45%), directive from leadership (40%) and time (36%) as the next three major obstacles.
Specific skills that are lacking include an ability to deploy AI at scale in a business environment (30%), expertise in responsible AI and compliance (29%), skills in translating business needs into AI solutions (28%) and AI model development and basic AI literacy (27%), the survey finds.