Gartner Forecasts Global AI Spending to Reach $1.5 Trillion in 2025
The research firm's projects spending will exceed $2 trillion in 2026, driven by enterprise investment in infrastructure and applications.
Research firm Gartner released a forecast on September 19, 2025, projecting that worldwide spending on artificial intelligence will total $1.5 trillion in 2025. The estimate reflects continued high demand for AI capabilities across a range of sectors, including infrastructure, hardware, and consumer electronics.
## A Trillion-Dollar Market
The forecast anticipates that total global spending on AI technologies will exceed $2 trillion in 2026. This represents a significant increase from the estimated $987.9 billion in AI spending for 2024. The growth is attributed to ongoing investments in AI infrastructure, with large cloud service providers continuing to expand their data center …
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