It can be easy to lose sight of the physical reality that underpins Australia’s digital economy. Beneath the world’s oceans, new subsea cables are being laid to handle the significant growth in our demand for data and connectivity. And inside global data centres, advanced silicon chips and rapid innovation are driving a monumental transformation.The numbers show a global economy being rewired. As the era of AI pilots and proofs-of-concept concludes, we are moving into the next chapter of adoption and deployment. By the end of this year, 40 per cent of enterprise applications will feature task-specific AI agents. As the AI applications being built become more helpful and sophisticated, new opportunities are rising in tandem.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
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40 per cent of enterprise applications will ship task-specific AI agents by year-end, marking the transition from pilots to production deployment. This acceleration reshapes enterprise budgets around AI governance, infrastructure modernisation, and team composition for CIOs planning their roadmaps.
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