The IT investment in Europe will grow by 8.7% in 2025 compared to 2024 according to the forecasts of the consulting firm Gartner, which indicates that it will reach up to 1.28 trillion dollars, compared to the 1.18 trillion that will be invested in IT between January and December of this year.
The consulting firm points out that European companies have recognized the value of technology during the pandemic to keep their businesses running and boost their businesses, which is why they are going to significantly increase investment in IT in 2025 to remain competitive. , in addition to growing your income. One of the reasons that will lead European CIOs to increase their IT budgets for next year is the growing interest in generative AI solutions.
In addition, they will continue to invest in public cloud for end users, an area in which spending will reach $123 billion by the end of 2024. They will also improve their investment in security, which Gartner estimates will reach $47 billion this year.
These areas, among others, are what will make CIOs boost their IT budgets to set the record annual growth rate in IT investment in 2025 in Europe since the pandemic.
The greatest growth in IT investment by 2025 in Europe, by area, will be in software, with a 13.2% year-on-year improvement. It will be followed by devices, with 9.3% growth in 2025, and IT services, with 9.2%: it will go from 78,000 million dollars in 2024 to 94,000 million in 2025. The growth of investment in the region in data center systems it will be 8.7%, while that of communications services will remain at 3.6%.
In relation to the expansion of AI in Europe, Gartner points out that the success of many pilot experiences and proofs of concept carried out in Europe in 2024 has been limited, which will mean that organizations and companies in the region will go from developing AI in 2025. its own generative AI solutions to the purchase and implementation of solutions generated by its partners. Spending on AI-related IT services in Europe will increase by 21% next year.
End-user spending on servers in Europe is expected to grow by 25% in 2024. This increase is motivated by the increase in demand for servers optimized to work with Artificial Intelligence. Investment in servers will also grow in 2025, but at a slower rate: its growth will remain at 11% compared to 2024.
Yes indeed, Europe has registered a notable increase in investment in 2024 What technology providers have done on servers: 46%. And everything indicates that companies in the technology sector will continue to expand the infrastructure necessary to train current generative AI models in 2025, as well as to perform inference tasks in the future.
