Over 60% of Asia-Pacific enterprises plan to increase sovereign Al spending

MORE THAN 60% of enterprises in Asia-Pacific (APAC) plan to increase their sovereign cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) investments over the next two years as countries in the region advance their digitalization goals, according to Accenture Research.

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In Southeast Asia alone, 64% of organizations said they will ramp up their spending on technologies to comply with national security, data protection and their countries' own digital independence and growth agenda.

"Organizations in Southeast Asia are aligned with APAC's broader view on sovereign AI, with compliance, data security, and governance as top investment drivers," said Ambe Tierro, country managing director and technology lead at Accenture in the Philippines.

"With the broader adoption of AI in the Philippines, this outlook towards sovereign AI supports the national AI agenda and can further propel the innovation ecosystem in the country."

Sovereign AI refers to a country's ability to develop and deploy AI using its own infrastructure, data, models, and talent, Accenture Research said. This reduces dependency risks and allows both governments and enterprises to protect their critical assets and build AI foundations to enable long-term innovation and competitiveness.

organizations in regulated industries like utilities, insurance, health, and energy or oil and gas.