India, March 9 -- The Lenovo CIO Playbook 2026 indicates that enterprises across Asia Pacific are accelerating artificial intelligence adoption, shifting from experimental use cases to enterprise-wide deployment. The study finds that most organisations are planning to increase AI investments over the next 12 months.

According to the fourth edition of the report, titled The Race for Enterprise AI, 96% of organisations across the region expect to raise their AI spending. On average, enterprises anticipate a 15% increase in AI-related budgets covering areas such as generative AI, agentic AI, public cloud AI services, on-premises infrastructure and AI security tools.

India stands out within the region. The study shows that 99% of Indian ent...