Happenings

Rapid Growth in Energy Consumption For GenAI Will Exceed Power Utilities’ Capacity AI and generative AI (GenAI) are driving rapid increases in electricity consumption, with data center forecasts over the next two years reaching as high as 160% growth, according to Gartner, Inc. As a result, Gartner predicts 40% of existing AI data centers will be operationally […]

Gartner, Inc. today announced its list of 10 top strategic technology trends[1]  that organizations need to explore in 2025. “This year’s top strategic technology trends span AI imperatives and risks, new frontiers of computing and human-machine synergy,” said Gene Alvarez, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner. “Tracking these trends will help IT leaders shape the future of […]

Electric Vehicles in Use to Grow 33% in 2025 73% of Electric Vehicles Will Be Battery Electric Vehicles in 2025 By 2030, Automakers Will Enable the Recycling of 95% of Batteries from Electric Vehicles By the end of 2025, 85 million electric vehicles (EVs) – cars, buses, vans and heavy trucks – are expected to […]

By 2026, Al Laptops Will Be the Only Choice of Laptop Available to Large Businesses Worldwide shipments of AI PCs are projected to total 114 million units in 2025, an increase of 165.5% from 2024, according to a new forecast from Gartner, Inc. Gartner defines AI PCs as a PC with an embedded neural processing […]

By Svetlana Sicular, VP analyst at Gartner The rapid adoption of generative AI has generated much debate about AI’s potential effects on society. Organisations must balance the technology’s significant potential with the new risks it poses, particularly misuse. It’s important for organisations to put in place appropriate guardrails to leverage the technology’s potential, while also addressing its challenges. This […]

Forty percent of generative AI (GenAI) solutions will be multimodal (text, image, audio and video) by 2027, up from 1% in 2023, according to Gartner, Inc. This shift from individual to multimodal models provides an enhanced human-AI interaction and an opportunity for GenAI-enabled offerings to be differentiated. Erick Brethenoux, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, said, “As the GenAI […]