The Potential Impact of Agentic AI on IDC's Global DataSphere and Global StorageSphere

This IDC Market Perspective explores the rise of agentic AI and its emerging impact on the global DataSphere and StorageSphere."While current agentic AI deployments are limited, early enterprise pilots and consumer and prosumer use cases are garnering momentum," says Adam Wright, research manager for IDC's Global DataSphere and StorageSphere research. "In the near term, the impact on data volumes is incremental, but over time, agentic AI has the potential to become a significant accelerator of data generation and storage needs, making life-cycle management and governance critical priorities for technology suppliers."