Axia Energia: 35.6% of Brazilian Startups Face Infrastructure Limitations

en.Wedoany.com Reported - A survey conducted by Axia Energia among 90 Brazilian startups revealed that 35.6% of respondents have experienced limitations in processing infrastructure that hindered the scalability of projects, customer services, or AI solutions. As artificial intelligence enters the production phase, factors such as computing power, cost, security, and governance begin to directly impact a company's ability to grow.

The survey found that operating AI in Brazil requires a secure and compliant environment, with 61.1% of startups citing it as one of their primary resource needs. 34.4% of respondents mentioned GPUs, 25.6% pointed to the need for high-performance storage, and 21.1% mentioned GPUs for inference.

Over the next 12 months, infrastructure demand is expected to continue its growth trend. 75.6% of companies plan to expand their use of computing infrastructure, with 30% believing demand could double, 31.1% expecting growth of 2 to 5 times, and 14.4% estimating growth of more than 5 times. Inference in production environments was the most frequently mentioned AI use case, accounting for 56.6%, with 80% of respondents stating they are using the technology intensively.

Data location is also a significant consideration for companies. 61.1% of startups consider processing or storing data within Brazil at least partially a priority, with 35.6% imposing this as a mandatory requirement in some or most of their operations.

Juliano Dantas, Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Axia, stated that the development of AI requires coordination between energy, data centers, connectivity, processing, security, capital, and business models.