Composable Infrastructure and AI Workload Optimisation: Combating Spiralling Power and Compute Costs
IDC research shows a combined 60% of organisations in Europe are either already using cloud to build AI solutions or else planning to do so in 2026. As AI moves from pilot into production, the infrastructure choices you make now will set the economics of the whole programme for years. And there have never been more options on the table.
You can run workloads on public cloud from the hyperscalers. You can keep them on private cloud or on-premises where control, latency, or data residency really matter. There are neoclouds built specifically for AI, offering GPU-dense compute at a fraction of what traditional providers charge. And out at the edge, AI- and TPU-enabled devices can now handle specific workloads on their own, away from hosted models, which cuts your reliance on centralised infrastructure and trims the token spend that goes with it.
AI sovereignty adds another dimension: IDC research shows that when asked how they have handled or expect to handle the migration of AI/Machine learning services to sovereign cloud, 80% said they will work with their existing cloud services provider to add sovereign cloud controls to the existing solution, while 20% said they will migrate the existing solution to a new solution provider that can offer sovereign cloud controls. Within all this, customers are hampered by challenges. IDC research consistently finds that users are hampered by high costs, high complexity and a lack of skills to enable their digital ambitions.
So how do you weigh all this up? Join Insight and IDC to work through the evidence behind each approach, where the real costs sit, and how to navigate your next move with confidence.
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Rahiel Nasir
Research Director, European Cloud & Lead Analyst, Worldwide Digital Sovereignty
IDC
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Rahiel Nasir
Rahiel Nasir is responsible for leading and contributing to IDC’s European cloud and cloud data management research programs, as well as supporting associated consulting projects.
Nasir has been watching technology markets and writing about them throughout his professional life.
Prior to joining IDC, he was a research analyst with 451 Research (now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence), where he covered the datacenter infrastructure and services markets across the EMEA region.
Nasir started his career as a consumer technology journalist with Haymarket Publishing where he rapidly worked his way up the ranks to become editor of a number of high-profile magazines, including What Hi-Fi?.
Following a successful career as a freelance technology journalist, he joined BBC Focus magazine as deputy editor before moving on to become editorial director of a number of B2B magazines, such as Networking+ which includes news and features about the technologies of voice and data networks for enterprise users, as well several publications targeted at vendors and service providers involved in the business and technologies of wireless communications in Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Nasir has made numerous appearances on TV, radio, and in the press as a consumer technology spokesperson, and has also spoken at ICT industry events as a presenter, panelist, and moderator.
He was educated at the University of Manchester in England where he studied English and American and classical literature, as well as at the Postgraduate School of Journalism at City University, London.
Lee Wilkinson
Chief Strategist & Distinguished Technologist – EMEA Cloud Platforms
Insight
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