Informatica’s new report found that 86% of APAC data leaders plan to boost their GenAI investment in 2025. Further, APAC data leaders (51%) are leading their global counterparts in implementing GenAI into their business practices, surpassing the U.S. (48%) and Europe (47%).
“Our latest CDO study reveals that a strong majority of 92% APAC data leaders are facing pressure from the C-suite to deliver a quick return of investments from their current AI initiatives, but many are moving ahead to increase their GenAI investments nonetheless,” said Richard Scott, SVP for Asia Pacific & Japan at Informatica. One particular concern is attaining the readiness of their data, which is required to achieve the transformative impact of AI.”
Data management
According to the report, 32% of APAC data leaders intend to increase investment in data management this year. However, data-related challenges persist, including data quality (49%), data privacy and protection (46%), and AI ethics (42%).
Due to security and privacy restraints, AI ethics and data reliability concerns, (98%) struggle to demonstrate the business value of their GenAI efforts.
In 2025, APAC data leaders plan to prioritise training the most (85%) compared to their global counterparts to prepare their workforce to use GenAI or its outputs responsibly in their day-to-day operations.
CDO Insights
The global CDO Insights 2025 survey is an annual study of global data leaders across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific.
