India, Sept. 17 -- Seagate Technology has introduced its inaugural 2026 Data Infrastructure Readiness Report, new global research examining how businesses are preparing data infrastructure to support the next phase of AI adoption.

The report points to a shift in enterprise AI planning: as AI moves from early use cases into broader deployment, data infrastructure is becoming more central to how organizations store, access, manage and use data at scale. Nearly all (99%) organizational IT leaders expect AI to increase storage requirements, but only 38% believe they are fully prepared to meet that demand.

Drawing on independent research conducted by Recon Analytics among 2,712 enterprise technology decision-makers across seven global mark...