Structured Database/Data Management workloads led enterprise IT infrastructure spending at $7.2 billion, making up 7.8% of overall enterprise IT infrastructure spending in the second half of 2023, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Workloads.
Structured Database/Data Management workloads saw the largest spending in 2H23 at $1.1 billion in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan and China).
AI lifecycle spending
AI Lifecycle workload spending grew 26.6% compared to the same period in 2022. It represented 7.2% of overall spending at $6.6 billion, making it the second-largest workload overall and the leading workload for OEM Servers with $3.9 billion (7.6%).
Cloud-native workloads
IDC projects growth in compute and storage systems spending for cloud-native workloads to grow more rapidly than infrastructure supporting traditional workloads (14.0% vs 8.4% CAGR) over the next 5 years.
However, traditional workloads will still account for most of the spending during the forecast period at 67% in 2028.
Non-cloud infrastructure
Spending for workloads in non-cloud infrastructure environments will grow at a 4.1% CAGR over the next five years. Unstructured Database (12.8% CAGR), Text and Media Analytics (11.8% CAGR), and AI Lifecycle (9.0% CAGR) are among the fastest growing workloads within 5 years.
