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ZDNet · September 18, 2026 · On the brief until October 2, 2026

Businesses finally seeing AI ROI, but 62% can’t handle the storage demands

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THE AI ANGLE
Driving surging enterprise data storage and infrastructure demands

A Seagate report reveals that while 86% of enterprises are seeing measurable returns on AI investments, 62% remain unprepared to manage the resulting surge in data storage demands. Infrastructure challenges have shifted away from pure compute power toward data quality, storage capacity, and energy constraints, prompting 77% of surveyed organizations to delay or restructure expansions over sustainability concerns. For faculty, this highlights that business analytics and AI value creation are fundamentally constrained by enterprise information systems and operational infrastructure readiness.

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THE TEACHING ANGLE
Students can examine the tension between accelerating AI deployment for immediate business returns and managing the operational bottlenecks of long-term storage capacity, data governance, and sustainable energy constraints.

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