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The survey question was phrased as follows: "Roughly how much of your annual budget are you investing/expecting to invest in getting an existing facility or facilities AI-ready?"
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Share of data center budgets invested in getting facilities AI-ready globally 2025
A 2025 survey of data center operators revealed a ** in the share of total investment being directed toward preparing facilities for AI. AI workloads require specialized hardware that, in turn, drives greater cooling demands.
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DatacenterDynamics. (July 27, 2025). Worldwide share of data center operator budgets invested in getting facilities ready for artificial intelligence in 2025 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from /statistics/1622566/share-of-data-center-budgets-ai-ready/
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