Listen to this articleMr Bhatia says the current AI landscape does not reflect an AI bubble, as the industry has pivoted towards tangible, outcome-based solutions. Funding is primarily directed towards Generative AI (GenAI), AI agent development, public cloud AI services, on-premise AI infrastructure and AI security/transparency tools. As AI workloads scale, infrastructure strategy is emerging as 86% of organisations across Asia-Pacific incorporate on-premises or edge environments as part of hybrid AI architecture, effectively making hybrid AI the default model for enterprise AI deployment. Sumir Bhatia, president for Asia-Pacific Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), said several priorities are shaping business as AI inferencing becomes a value engine. Scaling AI remains a challenge, as only half of AI proof-of-concepts can be materialised and scaled.

Source: Bangkok Post January 20, 2026 23:24 UTC