New Research from Parker & Lawrence studies more than 34,000 survey responses from business leaders on their plans with AI in 2025.
April 16, 2025 -- The AI revolution is pushing data center demand to unprecedented levels. Business leaders across industries are planning major increases in spending over the next five years, with ambitions to deploy higher-risk use cases and roll out millions of AI agents in production.
“Agents are about to be everywhere, all of the time. This is a huge business opportunity, but it also represents an enormous demand for power,” said Michael Lawrence at Parker & Lawrence Research.
Even as hyperscalers like Microsoft, Google, and Meta pour billions into infrastructure, the expansion of AI-driven data centers is hitting serious constraints. Soaring demand is colliding with rising energy costs, regulatory roadblocks, and other bottlenecks that threaten to make large-scale AI deployment unaffordable, or even unfeasible.
That’s according to Parker & Lawrence’s latest research, which breaks down the 10 key trends shaping AI in 2025 across software, safety and scale— and connects them directly to real-world business decisions.
The report studies survey responses from 31 highly credible reports, comprising 34,173 business leaders’ perspectives, as well as an original analysis of trends among 645 AI startups across 41 countries, which raised $5.85bn in 2024.
“AI’s infrastructure needs are outpacing available power, and companies will need to think strategically about how they scale,” said Nathan Parker at Parker & Lawrence Research.
Download the full report: ‘Navigating the AI Revolution: A Business Leader’s Guide’
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