Global Scans · Artificial Intelligence · Weekly Summary

• [New] The AI segment is projected to register the fastest growth at a CAGR of 39.6% during 2026-2034, supported by rapid advancements in machine learning, predictive analytics, and autonomous decision-making systems. Straits Research
• [New] The US healthcare IT sector is projected to exceed US$ 390 billion by 2030, driven by AI-powered diagnostics, electronic health record consolidation, and precision medicine platforms. Persistence Market Research
• [New] AI ASIC revenue is forecast to reach US$ 84.5 billion by 2030, growing from a small, single-digit base in 2022. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Fastest Growing Segment: AI ASICs are the fastest-growing component type, with Omdia forecasting AI ASIC revenue to reach US$ 84.5 billion by 2030 as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft scale proprietary silicon deployments across hyperscale data centers. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Asia Pacific is anticipated to be the fastest-growing region with a share of around 30.5%, as enterprises are rapidly digitalizing while governments are introducing superior cybersecurity, data protection, and AI governance regulations. Persistence Market Research
• [New] A regional share of nearly 72.2% is expected to be held by the U.S. in 2026, as companies face increasing cyber threats, strict governance expectations, and expanding AI oversight. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Task-specific AI agents will be embedded in 40% of enterprise applications by the end of 2026, up from under 5% in 2025. Medium
• [New] Global AI carbon footprint is projected to reach 1.8-2.5% of global electricity emissions by 2030. AI Business Weekly
• [New] AI-optimized servers alone consume 175 TWh in 2026, up from 95 TWh in 2025, and are projected to reach 258 TWh in 2027 - out-consuming conventional servers for the first time in history. AI Business Weekly
• [New] The Big Five will spend more on AI infrastructure in 2026 than the GDP of Switzerland per Axis Intelligence. AI Business Weekly
• [New] Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta are expected to spend more than $700bn on AI infrastructure in 2026, while Britain is competing to attract new data centers and computing capacity. City AM
• [New] McKinsey's B2B pricing research finds that 65 to 85% of pricing organizations expect to adopt generative or agentic AI in pricing within one to three years, up from roughly 10 to 30% today. Medium
• [New] By the end of 2030, in the rapid-progress world, AI systems are capable of competing with the best human minds and workers, and can surpass them. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] PwC's survey of global manufacturing leaders shows AI, automation, and advanced technologies moving rapidly from experimentation to scale, with tech enablement and automation set to more than double by 2030. PwC
• [New] As AI inference workloads become dominant in 2027, the GCC's low-latency connectivity to Europe, Asia, and Africa will become increasingly valuable. Data Centre Technology ConFex GCC 2026
• [New] AI has become a central risk theme in 2026, moving from experimentation to embedded capability across financial services. Kaizen Recruitment
• [New] The development of 3D IC and 2.5D IC packaging, leveraging through silicon vias and silicon interposers, is forecast to grow at an accelerating rate as leading AI chip companies, including NVIDIA and AMD, scale their chiplet-based product portfolios. Persistence Market Research
• [New] Cloud service adoption among South Korean enterprises surpassed 70% in 2023, creating a compounding demand effect on national data center capacity requirements, with AI training and inference workloads projected to account for an increasingly significant share of total compute demand through 2033. Persistence Market Research
• [New] The year 2026 will mark a turning point in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, ceasing to be an emerging promise to become a transversal, fully integrated, and governed infrastructure. Sisua Digital
• [New] 82% of business leaders globally expect to use digital labour (AI agents) within the next 12-18 months, and 46% of organizations are already using AI agents to automate workflows. MarkNtel Advisors
• [New] Enterprise AI spend crossed $2.5 trillion globally this year, and Gartner expects 40% of enterprise applications to run task-specific AI agents by December, up from under 5% just twelve months ago. Easy Comm
• [New] Agentic AI is moving from pilots to production, with nearly 40% of enterprise apps expected to embed task-specific agents by end of 2026 but weak governance is the top reason projects get cancelled. Easy Comm

Last updated: 09 August 2026