Enterprise AI hits the wall: NTT DATA research reveals growing privacy and sovereignty barriers
NTT DATA has released new research showing that enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty..
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New research from NTT DATA reveals that enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) development is hitting architectural and infrastructural roadblocks due to increasing data privacy and sovereignty regulations.
- Over 95% of organizations acknowledge the importance of private and sovereign AI, yet only 29% are actively prioritizing sovereign AI in the near term.
- Key challenges identified include integrating and managing complex AI models in private environments and navigating cross-border data restrictions, cited by 35% and nearly 60% of leaders respectively.
- NTT DATA's 2026 Global AI Report highlights a widening gap between enterprises redesigning AI for control and security and those still implementing it within older, less adaptable infrastructures.
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