{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"57562","rtpr_id":"nPreNgY6ka","ticker":"TATA","exchange":"NSE India","all_tickers":["TATA"],"title":"Global Enterprises Face AI Scaling Crisis: 77% View AI as Board-Level Priority, Yet Two-Thirds Rely on Legacy Infrastructure","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-06-08T12:51:51.096Z","article_body":"Global Enterprises Face AI Scaling Crisis: 77% View AI as Board-Level\nPriority, Yet Two-Thirds Rely on Legacy Infrastructure\nPR Newswire\n\nMUMBAI, India, June 8, 2026\n\nNew report from Tata Communications and Bloomberg Media Studios reveals that\nenterprises aren't struggling to adopt AI — they are struggling to scale it\ndue to foundational tech debt.\n\nMUMBAI, India, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --AI has become a universal corporate\nmandate, but a new global study from Tata Communications and Bloomberg Media\nStudios reveals a sharper question taking shape inside enterprises: AI\ninvestment is no longer in doubt, but the systems beneath it may not be built\nto carry it, at scale.\n\n\n\nAccording to Building Durable AI Advantage, a report sponsored by Tata\nCommunications and produced in partnership with Bloomberg Media Studios, three\nin four enterprise leaders (77%) now treat AI as a board-level priority. Yet\n65% are still operating on legacy or developing infrastructure not designed\nfor the data intensity and integration demands of enterprise AI. Just 29% say\ntheir infrastructure can scale with evolving business demands — a critical\ngap, given that AI workloads do not rise in a smooth line. They surge, shift\nacross environments and place pressure on the weakest parts of the system.\n\nThe study, which surveyed 501 senior executives across North America, Europe\nand Asia at enterprises with revenues above $500 million, identifies five\nreinforcing systems — or 'loops' — that determine whether AI investment\ncompounds in value or plateaus over time. The loops span Foundation\n(infrastructure modernisation), Integration (interoperability across systems),\nSkills (capability distribution), Governance (decision velocity) and ROI\n(visibility of value). Enterprises can generate isolated gains even when a\nsingle loop is under strain. Lasting performance, however, depends on\nalignment across all five: when the loops reinforce one another, progress\naccelerates and advantages compound; when any one stalls, constraints spread\nand momentum weakens.\n\nWhere the constraints are building\n\nThe research finds pressure points emerging across each of the five loops:\n* Foundation: Modernisation is uneven. Fewer than half of enterprises report\nfully modernised network connectivity, hybrid deployment flexibility or data\narchitecture. Enterprises with advanced infrastructure are nearly twice as\nlikely to report realising high business value from AI as those operating on\nlegacy systems.\n* Integration: 28% of leaders cite difficulty integrating AI with legacy\nsystems as a primary roadblock to value, while 38% say integration concerns\ncontribute to delays in approval and procurement cycles. Two-thirds (67%) view\nthe seamless blending of digital automation and human interaction across\nchannels as critical to AI execution.\n* Skills: 30% of enterprises cite skill gaps and a shortage of specialised\ntalent as a primary barrier to realising AI value. The pressure intensifies\nwith scale — 45% of enterprises with revenues above $5 billion cite the\nskills gap, well above the study average.\n* Governance: 42% of enterprises identify security and compliance reviews as\nthe largest source of approval delays, followed by integration concerns (38%)\nand procurement complexity (38%). As stakeholder committees grow for\nhigher-value investments, governance risks becoming a brake on scale rather\nthan a discipline that supports it.\n* ROI: Nine in 10 enterprises see some value from modernisation initiatives,\nyet more than six in ten say they have not reached optimal outcomes. Part of\nthe challenge is visibility — when AI, infrastructure and security are each\ntracked in isolation, the broader impact across the business stays hidden.\nValue looks contained inside individual programmes and reinvestment follows\nthat narrower signal.\nSumeet Walia, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Tata Communications, said:\n\"AI has become one of the defining business priorities of our time, but the\nreal differentiator is no longer AI itself — it's the infrastructure and\nintegration that enable AI to deliver value at scale. Our research shows that\nwhile enterprise ambition is accelerating, readiness remains uneven. The\norganisations that will lead in the years ahead are those investing in the\nfoundations that connect people, systems, data and intelligence across the\nenterprise.\"\n\n\"AI is a tightly coupled ecosystem of compute, power, connectivity and\nplatforms, which are no longer independent systems – they are becoming one\nunified infrastructure. AI is accelerating this convergence, which Tata\nCommunications addresses through its digital fabric of solutions — it is\nwhere we are uniquely positioned to enable customers to achieve their business\ngoals.\"\n\nTo explore the full findings of the Building Durable AI Advantage report,\nplease visit here\n(https://www.tatacommunications.com/hubfs/library/digital-fabric/documents/durable-ai-advantage-bloomberg-report.pdf).\n\nAbout Tata Communications\n\nA part of the Tata Group, Tata Communications (NSE: TATACOMM) (BSE: 500483)\nis a global digital ecosystem enabler powering today's fast-growing digital\neconomy in more than 190 countries and territories. Leading with trust, it\nenables digital transformation of enterprises globally with collaboration and\nconnected solutions, core and next gen connectivity, cloud hosting and\nsecurity solutions and media services. 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are\nits customers and the company connects businesses to 80% of the world's cloud\ngiants. For more information, please visit www.tatacommunications.com \n\nAbout the report\n\nThe Building Durable AI Advantage Enterprise report is based on a survey of\n501 executives and leaders directly involved in or influencing telecom\ninfrastructure and procurement decisions. Fieldwork was conducted between\nDecember 2025 and January 2026 across markets including the US, UK, Germany,\nFrance, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, and the Benelux/Nordic regions.\n65% of respondents are C-suite executives, and 35% are VP-level or above.\n\nForward-looking and cautionary statements\n\nCertain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications\nand its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata\nCommunications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future\ndevelopment of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in\nIndia, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and\nunknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial,\nregulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and\ntrend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements\nof Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those\nexpressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors\nthat could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ\nmaterially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure\nto increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to\ndevelop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate\nacceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new\ntechnology and information systems to support new products and services,\nincluding voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate\nof price compression on certain of the company's communications services;\nfailure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies\nor regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the\nadministration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the\neconomic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that\ncould cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially\nfrom such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata\nCommunications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors\ndiscussed in Tata Communications Limited's Annual Reports. \n\nThe Annual Reports of Tata Communications Limited are available at\nwww.tatacommunications.com. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and\nexpressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking\nstatements.\n\n© 2026 Tata Communications Ltd. All rights reserved.\n\nTATA COMMUNICATIONS and TATA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tata\nSons Private Limited.\n\nAll other third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/global-enterprises-face-ai-scaling-crisis-77-view-ai-as-board-level-priority-yet-two-thirds-rely-on-legacy-infrastructure-302793987.html\n\n\n\nMedia Contact: Judhajit Basu | judhajit.basu@tatacommunications.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1498283/Tata_Communications_Logo.jpg?id=OA2690611\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPreNgY6ka","title":"Global Enterprises Face AI Scaling Crisis: 77% View AI as Board-Level Priority, Yet Two-Thirds Rely on Legacy Infrastructure","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"TATA","created":"2026-06-08T12:51:51.096Z","tickers":["TATA"],"exchange":"NSE India","article_body":"Global Enterprises Face AI Scaling Crisis: 77% View AI as Board-Level\nPriority, Yet Two-Thirds Rely on Legacy Infrastructure\nPR Newswire\n\nMUMBAI, India, June 8, 2026\n\nNew report from Tata Communications and Bloomberg Media Studios reveals that\nenterprises aren't struggling to adopt AI — they are struggling to scale it\ndue to foundational tech debt.\n\nMUMBAI, India, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --AI has become a universal corporate\nmandate, but a new global study from Tata Communications and Bloomberg Media\nStudios reveals a sharper question taking shape inside enterprises: AI\ninvestment is no longer in doubt, but the systems beneath it may not be built\nto carry it, at scale.\n\n\n\nAccording to Building Durable AI Advantage, a report sponsored by Tata\nCommunications and produced in partnership with Bloomberg Media Studios, three\nin four enterprise leaders (77%) now treat AI as a board-level priority. Yet\n65% are still operating on legacy or developing infrastructure not designed\nfor the data intensity and integration demands of enterprise AI. Just 29% say\ntheir infrastructure can scale with evolving business demands — a critical\ngap, given that AI workloads do not rise in a smooth line. They surge, shift\nacross environments and place pressure on the weakest parts of the system.\n\nThe study, which surveyed 501 senior executives across North America, Europe\nand Asia at enterprises with revenues above $500 million, identifies five\nreinforcing systems — or 'loops' — that determine whether AI investment\ncompounds in value or plateaus over time. The loops span Foundation\n(infrastructure modernisation), Integration (interoperability across systems),\nSkills (capability distribution), Governance (decision velocity) and ROI\n(visibility of value). Enterprises can generate isolated gains even when a\nsingle loop is under strain. Lasting performance, however, depends on\nalignment across all five: when the loops reinforce one another, progress\naccelerates and advantages compound; when any one stalls, constraints spread\nand momentum weakens.\n\nWhere the constraints are building\n\nThe research finds pressure points emerging across each of the five loops:\n* Foundation: Modernisation is uneven. Fewer than half of enterprises report\nfully modernised network connectivity, hybrid deployment flexibility or data\narchitecture. Enterprises with advanced infrastructure are nearly twice as\nlikely to report realising high business value from AI as those operating on\nlegacy systems.\n* Integration: 28% of leaders cite difficulty integrating AI with legacy\nsystems as a primary roadblock to value, while 38% say integration concerns\ncontribute to delays in approval and procurement cycles. Two-thirds (67%) view\nthe seamless blending of digital automation and human interaction across\nchannels as critical to AI execution.\n* Skills: 30% of enterprises cite skill gaps and a shortage of specialised\ntalent as a primary barrier to realising AI value. The pressure intensifies\nwith scale — 45% of enterprises with revenues above $5 billion cite the\nskills gap, well above the study average.\n* Governance: 42% of enterprises identify security and compliance reviews as\nthe largest source of approval delays, followed by integration concerns (38%)\nand procurement complexity (38%). As stakeholder committees grow for\nhigher-value investments, governance risks becoming a brake on scale rather\nthan a discipline that supports it.\n* ROI: Nine in 10 enterprises see some value from modernisation initiatives,\nyet more than six in ten say they have not reached optimal outcomes. Part of\nthe challenge is visibility — when AI, infrastructure and security are each\ntracked in isolation, the broader impact across the business stays hidden.\nValue looks contained inside individual programmes and reinvestment follows\nthat narrower signal.\nSumeet Walia, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Tata Communications, said:\n\"AI has become one of the defining business priorities of our time, but the\nreal differentiator is no longer AI itself — it's the infrastructure and\nintegration that enable AI to deliver value at scale. Our research shows that\nwhile enterprise ambition is accelerating, readiness remains uneven. The\norganisations that will lead in the years ahead are those investing in the\nfoundations that connect people, systems, data and intelligence across the\nenterprise.\"\n\n\"AI is a tightly coupled ecosystem of compute, power, connectivity and\nplatforms, which are no longer independent systems – they are becoming one\nunified infrastructure. AI is accelerating this convergence, which Tata\nCommunications addresses through its digital fabric of solutions — it is\nwhere we are uniquely positioned to enable customers to achieve their business\ngoals.\"\n\nTo explore the full findings of the Building Durable AI Advantage report,\nplease visit here\n(https://www.tatacommunications.com/hubfs/library/digital-fabric/documents/durable-ai-advantage-bloomberg-report.pdf).\n\nAbout Tata Communications\n\nA part of the Tata Group, Tata Communications (NSE: TATACOMM) (BSE: 500483)\nis a global digital ecosystem enabler powering today's fast-growing digital\neconomy in more than 190 countries and territories. Leading with trust, it\nenables digital transformation of enterprises globally with collaboration and\nconnected solutions, core and next gen connectivity, cloud hosting and\nsecurity solutions and media services. 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are\nits customers and the company connects businesses to 80% of the world's cloud\ngiants. For more information, please visit www.tatacommunications.com \n\nAbout the report\n\nThe Building Durable AI Advantage Enterprise report is based on a survey of\n501 executives and leaders directly involved in or influencing telecom\ninfrastructure and procurement decisions. Fieldwork was conducted between\nDecember 2025 and January 2026 across markets including the US, UK, Germany,\nFrance, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, and the Benelux/Nordic regions.\n65% of respondents are C-suite executives, and 35% are VP-level or above.\n\nForward-looking and cautionary statements\n\nCertain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications\nand its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata\nCommunications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future\ndevelopment of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in\nIndia, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and\nunknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial,\nregulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and\ntrend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements\nof Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those\nexpressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors\nthat could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ\nmaterially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure\nto increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to\ndevelop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate\nacceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new\ntechnology and information systems to support new products and services,\nincluding voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate\nof price compression on certain of the company's communications services;\nfailure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies\nor regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the\nadministration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the\neconomic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that\ncould cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially\nfrom such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata\nCommunications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors\ndiscussed in Tata Communications Limited's Annual Reports. \n\nThe Annual Reports of Tata Communications Limited are available at\nwww.tatacommunications.com. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and\nexpressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking\nstatements.\n\n© 2026 Tata Communications Ltd. All rights reserved.\n\nTATA COMMUNICATIONS and TATA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tata\nSons Private Limited.\n\nAll other third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/global-enterprises-face-ai-scaling-crisis-77-view-ai-as-board-level-priority-yet-two-thirds-rely-on-legacy-infrastructure-302793987.html\n\n\n\nMedia Contact: Judhajit Basu | judhajit.basu@tatacommunications.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1498283/Tata_Communications_Logo.jpg?id=OA2690611\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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