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EMEA AI Infrastructure Scope and Definitions, 2025

Publisher IDC
Published Mar 31, 2025
Length 14 Pages
SKU # IDC19899467

Description

This IDC Market Perspective presents the framework by which IDC describes and forecasts the EMEA AI and GenAI Infrastructure. The document is designed to establish a common understanding of the concepts of the underlying infrastructure used to deploy and manage AI and GenAI workloads. As new technologies and services enter the market, a common understanding of the AI and GenAI market scope and definitions is important for both IT buyers and IT providers. For IT buyers, understanding the market segments is helpful in developing effective AI strategies. For IT providers, having a common framework and language is essential in understanding and connecting with IT buyers and participating in the broad distributed IT ecosystem."It seems that almost overnight, AI and GenAI workloads have become household names in IT, presenting a plethora of new opportunities and challenges to IT managers," said Luis Fernandes, research manager, IDC's EMEA AI and Generative AI Infrastructure Stacks and Deployments. "By helping define a common language for all stakeholders, we hope to help define the ecosystem for these new workloads."

Table of Contents

14 Pages

Executive Snapshot

New Market Developments and Dynamics

Overview

Definitions

Artificial Intelligence

Infrastructure Hardware

Infrastructure Hardware: Compute

Coprocessors (Accelerated Computing)

Infrastructure Software

Deployment Types

Infrastructure Procurement and Deployment

Vendor Type

Buyer Type

Control Plane

Deployment Location

Management Type

Procurement Type

AI-Specific Attributes

IDC's Point of View

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