Lenovo's Global CIO Study: AI Adoption & Investment Trends for 2025

Bringing AI insights to your business so you can grow & innovate

Explore insights from research commissioned by Lenovo, surveying 2,920 IT and business decision-makers. Learn about AI adoption, investment priorities, and key spending for advancing AI-ready business agendas in 2025, based on organizations' experiences worldwide.

Did you know:

• 1# AI focus shifts from Tech Deployment to Business Outcomes

• AI investments will grow by 180%, focusing on data, partners, infrastructure, security, and AI development

• 42% of organizations are expected to focus on implementing GenAI use cases in 2025

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AI-nomics from an Enterprise Perspective

AI plays a crucial role in shaping business and technology strategies of companies today. As businesses enter 2025, a notable wave of interest, planning, and investments is evident around the integration of AI across organizations.

The research highlights a significant shift in enterprise priorities, focusing on business outcomes rather than just AI technology.

Key findings include:

• AI will reach mainstream adoption this year, as enterprises increasingly recognize and prioritize its transformative impact

• A notable shift in AI spending towards Generative AI in 2025

• Insights and expectations beyond financial returns from AI implementations

• But managing the skills gap and disparate data are causing growing pains

In addition, this e-Book explores essential investment priorities for AI success, crucial for building scalable AI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. Data management, governance and compliance, hybrid infrastructure, and next-generation edge devices are some of the topics.