Survey Surfaces Massive Spike in Telemetry Data Being Generated in AI Era
Techstrong IT, Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
Enterprises expect a 9.5x rise in telemetry data over two years as AI agent deployments accelerate.
A survey of 300 enterprise IT decision-makers reveals expectations for dramatic growth in telemetry data as agentic AI adoption expands, anticipating a 9.5x increase over the next two years. Currently 54% of respondents report telemetry volume has tripled in the past year, with AI and ML workloads accounting for roughly 43% of that growth.
Notably, 69% said observability costs for agentic AI projects already exceed compute and infrastructure costs combined, and 59% have delayed or terminated deployments due to excessive observability expenses. About two-thirds of IT leaders feel unprepared to manage data at scale, with organizations averaging $3.17 million in annual observability spending.